Submission:<\/strong> I honestly am not in for or against you if you have a favorite key on the piano and this is because piano playing means many things to many people. Depending on your musical goals, you can either have a favorite key or not. However, I recommend that you learn how to play in all the keys and vast majority of scholars will do the same.<\/p>\n There are valid reasons why an intermediate musicians have their favorite key(s) and I’ll tell you that in another lesson. Statistics have shown that there are four major keys that are a comfort zone for so many musicians: C, Db, F, and Gb.<\/p>\n I’ll be showing you a dozen chords in each of these keys. Ready?<\/p>\n The key of C major: C (is the first tone): Let’s take a look at the scale tone and passing chords in the key of C major.<\/p>\n The 1-chord: The passing chord to the 1-chord: The best way to start is by refreshing our minds on the Db major scale: Db (is the first tone): Having refreshed our minds, let’s go ahead and explore the scale tone and passing chords in the key of Db major.<\/p>\n The 1-chord: The passing chord to the 1-chord: I hope it’s safe to assume that you are already familiar with the F major scale: F (is the first tone): Below are the scale tones and passing chords in the key of F major.<\/p>\n The 1-chord: The passing chord to the 1-chord: The key of Gb major: Gb (is the first tone): Let’s take a look at the scale tone and passing chords in the key of Gb major.<\/p>\n The 1-chord: The passing chord to the 1-chord: I believe you love those scale tone and passing chords we just covered. I hope the common chords in the key of C major and F major didn’t escape your notice as well.<\/p>\n Do you have a favorite major key that is not in my list, C, Db, F, Gb?<\/p>\n If you do, then kindly tell me in the comment section what key it is, how you started playing in that key, and why you prefer playing in that key.<\/p>\n All the best and see you in another lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, you’re interested in learning a dozen chords in your favorite key? This lesson is for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,313,416,21,9,47],"tags":[13,37,2743,2744,2602,1081,192],"class_list":["post-19123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chords-progressions","category-contemporary-music","category-experienced-players","category-gospel-music","category-piano","category-playing-by-ear","tag-chord-progressions","tag-chords","tag-favorite-key","tag-intermediate-chords","tag-intermediate-ideas","tag-ninth-chords","tag-seventh-chords","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\nA Dozen Chords In The Key Of C Major<\/h2>\n
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\n…has the following scale tones:<\/p>\n
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\nD (is the second tone):
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\nE (is the third tone):
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\nF (is the fourth tone):
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\nG (is the fifth tone):
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\nA (is the sixth tone):
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\nB (is the seventh tone):
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Scale Tone Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe 2-chord:
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\nThe 3-chord:
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\nThe 4-chord:
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\nThe 5-chord:
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\nThe 6-chord:
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Passing Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe passing chord to the 2-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 3-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 4-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 5-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 6-chord:
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A Dozen Chords In The Key Of Db Major<\/h2>\n
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\nIn the Db major scale above:<\/p>\n
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\nEb (is the second tone):
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\nF (is the third tone):
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\nGb (is the fourth tone):
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\nAb (is the fifth tone):
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\nBb (is the sixth tone):
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\nC (is the seventh tone):
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Scale Tone Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe 2-chord:
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\nThe 3-chord:
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\nThe 4-chord:
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\nThe 5-chord:
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\nThe 6-chord:
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Passing Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe passing chord to the 2-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 3-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 4-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 5-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 6-chord:
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A Dozen Chords In The Key Of F Major<\/h2>\n
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\nG (is the second tone):
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\nA (is the third tone):
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\nBb (is the fourth tone):
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\nC (is the fifth tone):
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\nD (is the sixth tone):
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\nE (is the seventh tone):
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Scale Tone Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe 2-chord:
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\nThe 3-chord:
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\nThe 4-chord:
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\nThe 5-chord:
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\nThe 6-chord:
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Passing Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe passing chord to the 2-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 3-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 4-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 5-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 6-chord:
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A Dozen Chords In The Key Of Gb Major<\/h2>\n
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\n…has the following scale tones:<\/p>\n
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\nAb (is the second tone):
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\nBb (is the third tone):
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\nCb (is the fourth tone):
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\nDb (is the fifth tone):
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\nEb (is the sixth tone):
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\nF (is the seventh tone):
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Scale Tone Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe 2-chord:
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\nThe 3-chord:
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\nThe 4-chord:
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\nThe 5-chord:
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\nThe 6-chord:
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Passing Chords<\/h3>\n
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\nThe passing chord to the 2-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 3-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 4-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 5-chord:
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\nThe passing chord to the 6-chord:
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Final Words<\/h2>\n