[snizzle]

wow, ok. This makes me feel pretty stupid that i didn't realize this sooner. If you raise the third and fifth of a major chord (In C it would be C F G#) you get the 2nd inversion of the Fourth of that scales minor chord. Yea, i'm sure no one got that so i'll make it a lil easier:

C major chord - C E G
C raised 3&5th- C F G#

The Fourth note of a C scale would be F

F major chord- F A C
F minor chord- F Ab C
F minor, 1st inversion- Ab C F
F minor, 2nd inversion- C Ab F

Now obviously Ab is enharmonic to G# (meaning they are the same note). So to repeat myself: If you raise the third and fifth of a major chord what you wind up with is the second inversion of the fourth's (of major chord implied earlier) minor. *sighs* I'm sure that made absolutely NO sense , but i got it and i thought it was pretty cool.
-shane

[ChristInMe88]

Yeah... (speaking in the key of C) you raise the 3rd a half step and the 5th a whole step you have the 4th (F). Or, if from a C chord, you can drop the 1st down a half step and the third down a whole and you have the 5th note (G)... I was taught that as being cadence. Yeah I see what your saying, but I don't think it is that common to go from a C to an Fm...infact the only song I know of like that is called "Salvation"...but it is in the key of Cm... DUH! Okay, yeah I guess C to Fm is usually used in Cm. lol (a.k.a. Eb)