Unit 6, Lesson 1 of 7
Brainlag Music

The five related keys

Music theory, Modulation, 12 minutes

Every key's five closest relatives, found in two steps at most.

Five close relatives

Grade 6 used three related keys: the dominant, the subdominant and the relative. Grade 7 adds the relative of the dominant and the relative of the subdominant. Together they are the five related keys.

From C majorKey
dominantG major
subdominantF major
relativeA minor
relative of the dominantE minor
relative of the subdominantD minor

The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.

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  • 4 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
  • Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards