Complete Major and Minor Keys Chart

The diatonic chords starting at any of the roots of the modes are different based on the scale interval the mode starts at fronm the corresponding major scale.

Think about this as a sanity check - for each of the diatonic chords for a scale, all of the notes in the triad must exist in the scale.

Josh’s charts are correct (of course, though I am unsure where that extra V on the minor chart comes from - unless it’s a nice resolution for a minor progression or something).

The triad pattern for a major scale (starting at the root note) is -

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and for a minor scale (which starts at the sixth interval of the corresponding major scale) it is:

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This pattern rotates through all the modes. So, for example, for Dorian, which starts on the second position, the diatonic chords are:

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This is actually really key (pun intended) and fundamental to chord progressions in any of the modes. Much like the scale intervals are the only thing that really matters for each of the scales, the chord pattern for a key is really what matters for moving around in progressions.

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