Minor Chorus

i–bVI–iv–V · C minor · i–bVI–iv–V

Play this pattern

Minor Chorus is a chord pattern you can play in any key. The degrees are i–bVI–iv–V.

Settles wide, then tightens again at the end. Well suited to closing a minor-key chorus.

Patterns are common chord moves. They are not the chart of a recorded hit.

Patterns are named by theory. Play them in any key that fits your voice.

Each song page has a chord chart, fingerings, and the same song in every key.

The pattern

i – bVI – iv – V

Cm · Ab · Fm · G

Chord chart

Chord chart
1	Cm	Ab	Fm	G

How to sing it

The second chord opens the view wide and the last two close it in, so put the highest note of the phrase on the second chord and the drama comes alive. Suits a big rock ballad.

In every key

In every key
Keys	Chord chart
C minor · Written in this key	Cm · Ab · Fm · G
Db minor	C#m · A · F#m · G#
D minor	Dm · Bb · Gm · A
Eb minor	D#m · B · G#m · A#
E minor	Em · C · Am · B
F minor	Fm · Db · Bbm · C
F# minor	F#m · D · Bm · C#
G minor	Gm · Eb · Cm · D
Ab minor	G#m · E · C#m · D#
A minor	Am · F · Dm · E
Bb minor	Bbm · Gb · Ebm · F
B minor	Bm · G · Em · F#

Heard in

The Show Must Go On · Queen. Bm–G–Em–F# in B minor is the backbone from the intro on. The first chord carries decoration, and the bridge borrows a different progression from the Canon.

These songs use this pattern. This is not their chord chart: real recordings differ in key, rhythm and the chords they add.