Chromatic Mediants

Chromatic Mediants

• Major or minor third from the tonic

• Both up and down

• Non-diatonic

Major Chromatic Mediant chords (1 CT)

Major Tonic (Triads)

• bIII

• III

• bVI

• VI

minor Chromatic Mediant chords (1 CT)

Minor Tonic (Triads)

• biii

• iii

• bvi

• vi

Major Chromatic Mediant Chords (0 CT)

• biii (0 CT)

• bvi (0 CT)

Major Tonic Chords don’t share a CT with minor CMs.

minor Chromatic Mediant chords (0 CTs)

• III (0 CT)

• VI (0 CT)

minor Tonic Chords don’t share a CT with Major CMs.

Every Major CM chord shares a common tone with the tonic chord except for

• biii

• bvi

Every minor CM chord shares a common tone with the tonic chord except for

• III

• VI

The CM of a tonic chord is also the CM to

the tonic’s other CM

ex: C ➡ E

E ➡ Ab

C ➡ Ab

Ab ➡ E

Some of a Major Tonic Chord’s CMs borrow from what modes?

Aeolian, Harmonic Minor, Lydian, and Lydian Augmented

(make this same flashcard but for the minor tonic chord & make a flashcard that lists the chords respective to the modes they’re borrowed from)