ample ‘Cnatural minor sale 1p oa ample Diatonic Harmony: Minor Key In minor key harmony the division of distonic chords into tonic and non: tan foactioning greups i also determined by the location of the 1/2 steps inthe scale from which the chords are derived. Therefore, the motion notes in the natural minor cae ae the minor th degre, and toa lesser extent the ‘major 2nd and perfect ath degrees Note: The perfect 4th degree is included asa motion note even though the adjacent notes ofthe scale surround & by whole steps (major Ind intervals) tastead of hall steps, This is due tothe tensive famlarty with the perfect ‘th degree asa motion note in major key harmony. ‘The nontonic functioning chords of the natural minor scale ate: Ila, 1V-7, V-7, ba and HV77; the tone functioning chords are: 1-7 and 3 falthough ‘only the I minor chord sounds trly ton, since the HI choed isa major to- salty ‘Those nontonic chords containing the minor 6in degree ofthe scale (Le Hs, IV-7, Wa and V7) are said to be subdominant mir (SDM) functioning ‘chords, or subdominant chords in a minor Key Even though the V-7 ehord ‘doesnot contain a ttn, ts considered to be dominant functioning when it resolves to the | minor chord because ofthe strong and fair root mot (on (perfect sth or Sth) and because It contains the 2nd and ath degres ofthe scale C natural dlionic 7h chords