What are Diatonic Chords?Ī chord which is diatonic is simply a chord built from notes of the key. That is, all of the notes of the song stay within, or come from, the seven notes of the key. Notes outside of the key, such as C# or Gb, would be called chromatic. While in the key of C, playing or using any of those seven notes is considered diatonic. If our key is C major, then the notes of the key are C, D, E, F, G, A and B.
What Does Diatonic Mean?ĭiatonic means coming from or derived from a scale or key. There are 12 major scales and, therefore, 12 major keys. That means if a song is in the key of G major, it is based on the notes of the G major scale. It's important for me to remind you that when a song is in a major key, it means the song revolves around the notes of a particular major scale. Let’s review what we’ve covered before, and let me go into more detail. In this lesson block, we're going to dive much deeper into them. As far as harmony goes, this set of chords will be one of the most important things you learn. In the lesson block Beginning Diatonic Harmony from StudyBass Fundamentals Two, we began discussing the diatonic chords of the major scale. If this is all new to you, I suggest starting from the very beginning. If you're uncomfortable with them, you're going to get lost. This lesson block will tie all of these together. Before you begin studying this lesson block on diatonic chords, you should know or review the following:
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