Originally Posted by: hbkolbHey Grambo, what is a the dominant all about in a scale, isnt a progression

M m m M M dom m

EX:
CMaj - Dmin - Emin- FMaj - GMaj - Adom - Bmin

I may be wrong on that but if you could still expliain the whole dominant thing that would be great. :confused:

In C major, the relative chords of each degree are:
C Major
D minor
E minor
F major
G major/dominant
A minor
B diminished (triad)

A diminished triad consists of a Root, flat 3rd, and flat 5th. A full diminished chord though contains a Root, flat 3rd, flat 5th, and double flat 7th. This doesn't fit in key, so the full chord for the seventh degree is a half-diminished chord. That consists of a Root, flat 3rd, flat 5th, and flat 7th.