What’s on the Roman Numerals poster
A 7-row table: Numeral · Chord in C · Quality.
Upper case = major, lower case = minor, ° = diminished. Shown in C major.
- I — C — Major — home
- ii — D minor — Minor
- iii — E minor — Minor
- IV — F — Major — subdominant
- V — G — Major — dominant
- vi — A minor — Minor — relative
- vii° — B dim — Diminished
The pattern of qualities is fixed in every major key: I ii iii IV V vi vii°.
Questions about the Roman Numerals poster
- What’s on the Roman Numerals poster?
- A 7-row table: Numeral · Chord in C · Quality. Upper case = major, lower case = minor, ° = diminished. Shown in C major. I — C — Major — home; ii — D minor — Minor; iii — E minor — Minor; IV — F — Major — subdominant; V — G — Major — dominant; vi — A minor — Minor — relative; vii° — B dim — Diminished. The pattern of qualities is fixed in every major key: I ii iii IV V vi vii°.
- Who is the Roman Numerals poster for?
- Roman Numerals belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Roman Numerals poster?
- Learn a song's numerals, not its chords. It then transposes for free. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Roman Numerals belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Roman Numerals?
- Borrowed Chords, Cadences and Building Chords sit alongside Roman Numerals in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Borrowed ChordsCadencesBuilding Chords
- Is the Roman Numerals poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Roman Numerals downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Roman Numerals poster print at?
- Roman Numerals is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Roman Numerals loses nothing.Printing guide
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