Ref: Diatonic Keys for Triads

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This page shows which major, minor, and harmonic minor keys a particular triad is diatonic to. Find the chord that you want to know which keys it belongs to in the left-most column, then look for the x's on that row for all the keys.

Major
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
A I V IV
Am vi iii ii
A+
A° vii°
A I V IV
Am vi iii ii
A+
A° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
B I V IV
Bm ii vi iii
B+
B° vii°
C I V IV
Cm ii vi iii
C+
C° vii°
C I V IV
Cm iii ii vi
C+
C° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
D IV I V
Dm iii ii vi
D+
D° vii°
D IV I V
Dm iii ii vi
D+
D° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
E V IV I
Em iii ii vi
E+
E° vii°
F V IV I
Fm iii ii vi
F+
F° vii°
F V IV I
Fm vi iii ii
F+
F° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
G V IV I
Gm vi iii ii
G+
G° vii°
G V IV I
Gm vi iii ii
G+
G° vii°
Minor
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
A VII VI III
Am i v iv
A+
A° ii°
A VII VI III
Am i v iv
A+
A° ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
B VII VI III
Bm i v iv
B+
B° ii°
C III VII VI
Cm i v iv
C+
C° ii°
C III VII VI
Cm i v iv
C+
C° ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
D III VII VI
Dm iv i v
D+
D° ii°
D III VII VI
Dm iv i v
D+
D° ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
E III VII VI
Em v iv i
E+
E° ii°
F VI III VII
Fm v iv i
F+
F° ii°
F VI III VII
Fm v iv i
F+
F° ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
G VII VI III
Gm v iv i
G+
G° ii°
G VII VI III
Gm v iv i
G+
G° ii°
Harmonic Minor
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
A VI V
Am i iv
A+ III+
A° vii° ii°
A VI V
Am i iv
A+ III+
A° vii° ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
B VI V
Bm i iv
B+ III+
B° ii° vii°
C VI V
Cm i iv
C+ III+
C° ii° vii°
C VI V
Cm i iv
C+ III+
C° ii° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
D VI V
Dm iv i
D+ III+
D° ii° vii°
D VI V
Dm iv i
D+ III+
D° ii° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
E V VI
Em iv i
E+ III+
E° ii° vii°
F VI V
Fm iv i
F+ III+
F° ii° vii°
F VI V
Fm iv i
F+ III+
F° ii° vii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
G VI V
Gm iv i
G+ III+
G° ii° vii°
G VI V
Gm iv i
G+ III+
G° vii° ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
A (VII) VI [V] (III)
Am i (v) iv
A+ [III+]
[vii°] ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
A♯ (VII) VI [V] (III)
A♯m i (v) iv
A♯+ [III+]
A♯° [vii°] ii°
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
B (VII) VI [V] (III)
Bm i (v) iv
B+ [III+]
ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
C (III) (VII) VI [V]
Cm i (v) iv
C+ [III+]
ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
C♯ (III) (VII) VI [V]
C♯m i (v) iv
C♯+ [III+]
C♯° ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
D (III) (VII) VI [V]
Dm iv i (v)
D+ [III+]
ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
D♯ (III) (VII) VI [V]
D♯m iv i (v)
D♯+ [III+]
D♯° ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
E [V] (III) (VII) VI
Em (v) iv i
E+ [III+]
ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
F VI [V] (III) (VII)
Fm (v) iv i
F+ [III+]
ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
F♯ VI [V] (III) (VII)
F♯m (v) iv i
F♯+ [III+]
F♯° ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
G (VII) VI [V] (III)
Gm (v) iv i
G+ [III+]
ii° [vii°]
Key/
Chd
A A B C C D D E F F G G
G♯ (VII) VI [V] (III)
G♯m (v) iv i
G♯+ [III+]
G♯° [vii°] ii°