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Relative keys have the same key signature (number of sharps or flats). For every note in the chromatic scale there is a relative major key and a relative minor key. Let’s have a look at an example.
In music, relative keys are the major and minor scales that have the same key signatures (enharmonically equivalent), meaning that they share all of the same notes but are arranged in a different order of whole steps and half steps.
Relative Minor and Major Scales. The relative minor scale is widely used in improvisation because it allows more ideas for the solo. Every improviser who has learned how to use the major and minor scales must learn, right after that, how to use the relative minor scale.
Relative scales are major and minor scales that share the same notes and chords, and therefore the same key signature. Every major scale has a relative minor scale and every minor scale has a relative major scale.
To find the relative major key from a minor, take the first note of your minor key and go up three half-steps. The note you land on is now the first note of your major scale. How to find the parallel minor or major key. This is even more simple than finding the relative keys.
Wondering what a relative key is? Relative major and minor scales/keys are easy to learn! This guide is in plain English for beginners!
We usually refer to the relationship between a major scale and its relative minor, and vice versa. The relative minor scale of a major scale is found by starting on the sixth note (or degree) of the major scale.
