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The harmonic field of E minor 1 sharp in the key signature. Click a degree to hear it, or hear the whole field.
Triads · natural minor E m i Tonic Diatonic F ♯ dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic G III Tonic Diatonic A m iv Subdominant Diatonic B m v Dominant Diatonic C VI Tonic Diatonic D VII Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i E m E · G · B Tonic ii° F ♯ dim F♯ · A · C Subdominant III G G · B · D Tonic iv A m A · C · E Subdominant v B m B · D · F♯ Dominant VI C C · E · G Tonic VII D D · F♯ · A Dominant
Seventh chords · natural minor E m7 i7 Tonic Diatonic F ♯ m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic G maj7 IIImaj7 Tonic Diatonic A m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic B m7 v7 Dominant Diatonic C maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic D 7 VII7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i7 E m7 E · G · B · D Tonic iiø7 F ♯ m7 ♭5 F♯ · A · C · E Subdominant IIImaj7 G maj7 G · B · D · F♯ Tonic iv7 A m7 A · C · E · G Subdominant v7 B m7 B · D · F♯ · A Dominant VImaj7 C maj7 C · E · G · B Tonic VII7 D 7 D · F♯ · A · C Dominant
Triads · harmonic minor E m i Tonic Diatonic F ♯ dim ii° Subdominant Diatonic G aug III+ Tonic Diatonic A m iv Subdominant Diatonic B V Dominant Diatonic C VI Tonic Diatonic D ♯ dim vii° Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function i E m E · G · B Tonic ii° F ♯ dim F♯ · A · C Subdominant III+ G aug G · B · D♯ Tonic iv A m A · C · E Subdominant V B B · D♯ · F♯ Dominant VI C C · E · G Tonic vii° D ♯ dim D♯ · F♯ · A Dominant
Seventh chords · harmonic minor E m(maj7) imaj7 Tonic Diatonic F ♯ m7 ♭5 iiø7 Subdominant Diatonic G maj7 ♯5 IIImaj7#5 Tonic Diatonic A m7 iv7 Subdominant Diatonic B 7 V7 Dominant Diatonic C maj7 VImaj7 Tonic Diatonic D ♯ dim7 vii°7 Dominant Diatonic
Hear the field Degree Symbol Notes Function imaj7 E m(maj7) E · G · B · D♯ Tonic iiø7 F ♯ m7 ♭5 F♯ · A · C · E Subdominant IIImaj7#5 G maj7 ♯5 G · B · D♯ · F♯ Tonic iv7 A m7 A · C · E · G Subdominant V7 B 7 B · D♯ · F♯ · A Dominant VImaj7 C maj7 C · E · G · B Tonic vii°7 D ♯ dim7 D♯ · F♯ · A · C Dominant
The notes are spelled in octave 4, from E4. The function is assigned by degree — tonic on I, III and VI; subdominant on II and IV; dominant on V and VII — which is how the harmonic field is taught. Context can change that reading, and the tool reports the degree.
Related keys G major Relative: the same key signature, in the other mode. E major Parallel: the same tonic, in the other mode. Em in the dictionary The tonic triad: notes, staff, keyboard and guitar shapes. Read about Diatonic harmony The chords that arise from stacking thirds on each degree of a scale, and why each quality lands where it does. Harmonic function The role each degree plays — tonic, subdominant, or dominant — and the tension that moves one to the next. Roman numeral analysis The notation that describes a chord by the position it occupies in the key rather than by the note it sits on. Minor key harmony The minor harmonic field, which is not one field: the three minor scales produce different chords on the same degree.