(04-10-2013, 02:47 AM)Adam Wrote:Oh wow I'm terribly stupid. Thanks for that. I meant to say A MAJOR's relative is F# MINOR.(04-10-2013, 02:38 AM)JoelCarli Wrote: A major's relative minor is its sixth. A minor's relative major is its second.
In other words, E's relative is C#m. Am's relative is F#.
A minor's relative major is its *third
Am's relative is *C Major
Amaj -> F#min
Emaj -> C#min
Amin -> Cmaj
etc.
I was thinking "A major is x-0-2-2-2-x, and F# minor is 2-4-4-2-2-2, which is two frets away. OKAY, SECOND IT IS, DERP!"
I too think in key rather than in degrees. The latter is just more general and can be applied to any 7-tone scale.