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What is the relative minor in A? In D?
I'm not much of a theory buff so I may be (probably am 
) wrong but I'll hit my buzzer with F#m for A and Bm for D
That's correct Pix,
I have my own way of counting on my fingers if I don't have a circle of fifths chart handy. My first finger is the key and as I count my fingers by wholenotes the sixth finger is the relative minor . Hope Jerome doesn't beat me up to bad for my ignorance
Thanks.
I'm trying to play One Morning in May using a chart from the Chordie song search feature. It contains A, G, D, and E. So I'm not sure whether the song is in A (A, D, E) or D (D, G, A). There's a point where a relative minor is played. The chart has it as F#m, but it doesn't sound right. I tried Bm as well, but it doesn't sound any better. I'm wondering if it's some bizarro world 7add9sus4(minor)/Q chord that came out of James Taylor's nightmares.
Zurf it sounds right to me with the F#m , I first played it in A and used a barre F#m then I transposed it to G and walked down to the Em and it sounds correct that way also. Maybe you are holding it too long. I will go listen to it some more, I am not too familiar with it .
There's an Em?
In the Key of G there is an Em, I just transposed it to see how it sounded with an open Minor chord. In G the progression is
G F C G
G F C D
G Em C G
G C D G
Easy way to check on the fretboard is to put your pinky finger on the major root with one finger per fret. Your index finger will fall on the relative minor.
Good answer Jerome,
Everything is related to scales
There is no such thing as a "stupid question".
There is no such thing as a "stupid question".
We will have to disagree on that point.
ozymandias wrote:There is no such thing as a "stupid question".
We will have to disagree on that point.
I always like to say there are a lot of dumb people asking questions.
Not that this is an instance of that, of course. 
I believe that the only stupid question is the one that you do not ask.
Roger
I believe that the only stupid question is the one that you do not ask.
Roger
Indeed
Have you guys taught many courses? I love teaching, but as a result I have heard some stupid questions. Truly amazing ones that boggle the mind of how the connections were made in the first place. The kind to which the only possible response other than having the person hauled away by an asylum or breaking out into hysterical laughter is, "Um, no."
- Zurf
My favourite stupid question was from a colleague when teaching PC installation. The group had started to install Windows and one of the guys on the course stood looking puzzled for a very long time. When asked what his problem was he said "It says press any key to continue" and then went on "Where's the any key?" Hopefully that guy doesn't get anywhere near your PC.
I have to agree with Zurf. I have heard "There are no stupid questions" a lot in my life, and by George, I have heard a lot of them. That term was coined so that the shy person in class would raise his/her hand and ask questions right alongside everyone else. And I don't mean to be rude, or anything, but there is ocassionally a dumb question.
My take on this is that if someone is asking a question there is something that they either do not know or do not understand. OK they might have got the wrong end of the stick and to someone who knows it may seem stupid but if they do not ask they never will know. So, as I said before, as far as I am concerned the unasked question is the only one that is stupid.
Roger
Zurf all keys have a relative minor its derived from the 6th tone or step of the scale in the key of A there are 3 sharps F# C# G# and F# is the sixth tone in the A major scale using this formula you can determine any relative minor of any key after locating the sharps or flats of the scale
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