SA10- Serenade - Schubert
SA10- Serenade - Schubert
Altered diatonic chord selection used in the song
B IIIM
IIM
IIIM
VIM
The music has the chord alteration B IIIM being a chord in the harmonic minor scale of G Aeolian. (E minor harmonic scale)
However, because this music also has the chords, IIM, IIIM and VIM, this piece is moving between the key signatures G, G Aeolian and E major.
Instructions on how to use this page to learn song.
Key of G, G Aeolian, E
Song Chords and Lyrics
Section 1 Key of G Aeolian harmonic alteration. (E harmonic minor)
The chord B gives it the Aeolian harmonic alteration, E harmonic minor scale. It the key of G, the B would normally be a Bm.
Em C
1 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 5 3 5 3
Am B IIIM
1 5 6 5 6 5 1 3 5 3 5 3
Em Am B IIIM
5 +5 5 1 5 1 2 1 5 1 1 -7 -7
B IIIM Em B IIIM Em
+5 5 -3 1 -7 -7 +5 5 1
Section 2 Key of G
Em Am D7
5 +5 5 1 5, 1 2 1 6 5 1 -7
D7 G D7 G
-7 6 5 3 5 1 -7 -7 6 5 3
Section 3 Key of G with two alterations IIIM and VIM
B IIIM E VIM C G
1 3 +5 5 1 5 3 1 1 7 1 3 1 3
D G
-7 6 -7 2 -7 3
Section 4 Key of G with chord three chord alterations
Because section 4 has a IIM, IIIM and a VIM, this section is in the key of E. Remove all blue chord alteration numbers and change your frame of reference in your head, and improvise in the key of E.
B IIIM E VIM A IIM E VIM
1 3 +5 5 1 5 3 1 3 -3 3 5 3 5
B IIIM E VIM
5 -5 5 -7 3 1
Section 4 Key of E without chord alterations
B E A E
1 3 +5 5 1 5 3 1 3 -3 3 5 3 5
B E
5 -5 5 -7 3 1
Section 5 Key of E with an Am chord alteration
Am IVm E B E
-3 -3 5 -3 5 5 5 1 3 5 1 1
A E B E
3 5 3 5 1 3 5 1 3 5 1 1