1 5 6 4 Chord Prog in the minor key?

[Brownz]

Hi, What I know what the 1 5 6 4 chord progression is in the major key, say for example were in the key c major, what would it be in the key of c minor?

Does the chord progression stay the same or does it change when it goes into a minor key?

 

[bandcoach]

Cm - G - Ab - Fm

 

[Brownz]

Ah ok, it doesen't matter what chord prog you use in a major key it stays the same in a minor key?

 

[SuperbHerb]

It will not stay the same. C major have all white keys. C natural minor have 3 keys, Eb Ab and Bb that are not part of c major. However the Relative minor to C major is A minor....1564 in c major will be C-G-Am-F

 

[Brownz]

Oh yeah I know, I mean the numbers will stay the same so the I-V-vi-IV will stay the same

 

[bandcoach]

Not necessarily....

In C minor the chords built on the degrees of the scale are as follows (note that I am deliberately ignoring the natural minor as it has the same chords as its relative major)

Degree	Chord type	Roman Numeral chord	Ex in C minor
1	minor	i	Cmin
2	diminished	ii[sup]b5[/sup]	Ddim
[sup]b[/sup]3	major[sup]#5[/sup]	[sup]b[/sup]III[sup](#5)[/sup]	E[sup]b(#5)[/sup]
4	minor	iv	Fmin
5	major	V	G
[sup]b[/sup]6	major	[sup]b[/sup]VI	A[sup]b[/sup]
7	diminished	vii[sup]b5[/sup]	Bdim

So the progression would become i-V-[sup]b[/sup]VI-iv, demonstrating the change of chord type and relative position within the harmonic minor scale