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I hope that you found the practical tips from ‘Advanced Lesson 1’ helpful. This lesson shows how numbers represent scale tones and chords as used in a number chart. For example, the first scale on the chart below is C major. The number 1 represents a C chord on a number chart. The number 4 represents an F chord. In the key of G the 1, 4 and 5 chords are G, C and D. The 1, 4 and 5 chords are the major chords of a key. The 2,3, 6 and 7 chords are explained briefly below. Look for number charts in future advanced online lessons.

1          2-        3-        4          5           6-          7--

C          D        E         F         G           A             B

G          A        B        C          D          E              F#

D          E        F#       G         A           B             C#

A          B       C#       D         E           F#            G#

E          F#      G#       A         B          C#            D#

B          C#      D#       E         F#        G#            A#

F#        G#     A#        B        C#         D#           E#

C#        D#     E#        F#       G#        A#           B#

Ab        Bb     C         Db       Eb         F             G

Eb         F       G         Ab       Bb        C             D

Bb        C       D          Eb       F          G             A

F          G       A          Bb       C          D             E

ENHARMONIC KEYS:

Cb (7 Flats) is enharmonic to B (5 Sharps)

Gb (6 Flats) is enharmonic to F#(6 Sharps)

Db (5 Flats) is enharmonic to C#(7 Sharps)

RELATIVE MINOR KEYS:

The relative minor key has the same key signature as its related major key. Below the relative minor key is designated in lower case letters.

Ca Ge Db Af# Ec# Bg# F#eb C#bb Abf Ebc Bbg Fd

In major keys the 2, 3 and 6 chords are minor (unless an accidental, a note theoretically borrowed from another key, changes the quality of the chord). The 7 chord is diminished.