Talk:Relative key

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I think the list would look much better as a table, but feel that others may object as it is simply a list and may not be appropriate. Is there another method we could use to align the relative keys. Hyacinth 23:03, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

We could preformat it, I suppose:

C major    A minor
G major    E minor
D major    B minor

but that's kind of ugly. I think a table should be fine, myself. Alternatively, we could do something clever with the circle of fifths image, putting the major keys on the outside of the circle and their relative minors on the inside. Just a passing thought, probably not worth the hassle, really. --Camembert

[edit] Capitalization

Aren't minor key names normally left uncapitalized? Right now, throughout the whole article, the names are capitalized. --Iammisc —Preceding comment was added at 03:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

My understanding is no, not if it is followed by the word "minor" for example "E minor". Note minor chords for guitar follow this rule for example "E min". Lower case letters (by themselves) are sometimes used as shorthand for minor.--Dbolton (talk) 08:38, 2 February 2008 (UTC)