From the course: Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals

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Voice leading two notes and three notes with minor triads

Voice leading two notes and three notes with minor triads

From the course: Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals

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Voice leading two notes and three notes with minor triads

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- We've looked at voice leading from major triads by moving two notes, so now let's look at voice leading from minor triads by moving two notes. We're going to start with A minor this time. We know that there are three minor chords that belong to the major scale, the two, three, and six chords. If we only have an A minor chord to go on, we can be in one of these three major scales. G major, where the A minor is the two. We build the A minor on the second degree. F major, where the A minor is the three. We build the A minor on the third degree. And C major, where the A minor is the sixth chord. We build the, A minor on the sixth degree. We can reach other triads from any of these three keys, just by voice leading a couple of notes. If we take an A minor and move both the third and the fifth up a whole step, we arrive at D major, which is the five chord of G major. Here's an A minor. We're going to take the third…

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