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Major Triad (chord)

Major Triad (chord). A chord is three or more notes played simultaneously. Major Triad (chord). A chord is three or more notes played simultaneously Two notes played together is not a chord, but it can suggest a chord. Major Triad (chord).

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Major Triad (chord)

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  1. Major Triad (chord) • A chord is three or more notes played simultaneously

  2. Major Triad (chord) • A chord is three or more notes played simultaneously • Two notes played together is not a chord, but it can suggest a chord

  3. Major Triad (chord) • By definition the first, third, and fifth tones of the major scale are the tones that comprise a Major Chord • If we look at a C scale • C D E F G A B C

  4. Major Triad (chord) • By definition the first, third and fifth tones of the major scale are the tones that comprise a Major Chord • If we look at a C scale • C D E F G A B C • C is the First

  5. Major Triad (chord) • By definition the first, third and fifth tones of the major scale are the tones that comprise a Major Chord • If we look at a C scale • C D E F G A B C • C is the First • E is the Third

  6. Major Triad (chord) • By definition the first, third and fifth tones of the major scale are the tones that comprise a Major Chord • If we look at a C scale • C D E F G A B C • C is the First • E is the Third • G is the Fifth

  7. Major Triad (chord) • Do you remember our scales from the last session? • Let’s look at how the C scale in a linear form.

  8. Major Triad (chord) • A major triad consists of the first tone, the third tone, and the fifth tone of the major scale. (I-iii-V) • That is for a C chord we have the first tone (or root), C; the third tone, E; and the fifth tone G.

  9. Major Triad (chord) • If we look at a G scale • G A B C D E F G • G is the First • B is the Third • D is the Fifth

  10. Major Triad (chord) • We can get all the Major chords in a similar way • Let’s look at this from last month

  11. Major Triad (chord) • We can get all the Major chords in a similar way • Let’s look at this from last month First

  12. Major Triad (chord) • We can get all the Major chords in a similar way • Let’s look at this from last month Third First

  13. Major Triad (chord) • We can get all the Major chords in a similar way • Let’s look at this from last month Third Fifth First

  14. Major Triad (chord) • The common chords you most likely will play are:

  15. Minor Triad (chord) • To make a minor chord you take the major chord and flat the third

  16. Dominant Seventh Chord • To make a dominant seventh chord (G7, D7, E7, etceteras) you add a flatted (or minor) seventh to the major chord.

  17. Dominant Seventh Chord • You may wonder why we added a flatted seventh to the major chord. • Observe the proper name for the chord is the Dominant Seventh Chord. • That means we took the chord from another scale — the scale for which the seventh chord is the dominant tone. (I.E. the fourth.) • G7 comes for the C scale, D7 comes from the G scale, etceteras.

  18. Other Chords A sixth chord is the I-iii-V-vi A ninth chord is the I-iii-V-ix A six-nine chord is I-iii-V-vi-ix A major seventh chord is I-iii-V-viiio An augmented chord is I-iii-#V A diminished chord is I-biii-bV- A diminished seventh chord is I-biii-bV-bbvii

  19. Other Chords A minor sixth chord is the I-biii-V-vi A minor ninth chord is the I-biii-V-ix A minor six-nine chord is I-biii-V-vi-ix A minor (dominant) seventh chord is I-biii-V-bviiio

  20. Chord Inversions • There are three different ways to play a Major Chord

  21. Chord Inversions • There are three different ways to play a Major Chord • The root position G E C

  22. Chord Inversions • The first inversion C G E

  23. Chord Inversions • The second inversion E C G

  24. Chord Inversions • All three together Root First Inversion Second Inversion G C E EG C C EG Inversions apply to all chords not just major chords

  25. Chord Doubling • There are only three tones in a Major Chord • The root, the third, and the fifth

  26. Chord Doubling • There are only three tones in a Major Chord • The root, the third, and the fifth • If we have fourth tone and one of the tones is repeated at a different octave, that is called doubling

  27. Chord Doubling • There are only three tones in a Major Chord • The root, the third, and the fifth • If we add fourth tone and one of the tones is repeated at a different octave, that is called doubling (within a chord) C G E C

  28. Chord Doubling • Doubling may be done in any inversions. • Any tone in a chord can be doubled • If you have five, six, seven, etceteras, tones in a chord and all the tones are either the root, third, or fifth tones, it is doubling. • Doubling may be done in any chord not just a major chord.

  29. Chords • There are some things you should know about a Major Chord

  30. Chords • There are some things you should know about a Major Chord • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Major Third

  31. Chords • There are some things you should know about a Major Chord • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Major Third • The harmonic interval between the root and the Fifth is a Perfect Fifth

  32. Major Chord • There are some things you should know about a Major Chord • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Major Third • The harmonic interval between the root and the Fifth is a Perfect Fifth • The harmonic interval between the third and the fifth is a Minor Third

  33. Major Chord • Let’s graphically look at a major chord G Minor Third E Perfect Fifth Major Third C

  34. Minor Chord • There are some things you should know about a Minor Chord

  35. Minor Chord • There are some things you should know about a Minor Chord • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Minor Third

  36. Mlnor Chord • There are some things you should know about a Minor Chord • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Minor Third • The harmonic interval between the root and the Fifth is a Perfect Fifth

  37. Minor Chords • There are some things you should know about a Minor Chord • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Minor Third • The harmonic interval between the root and the Fifth is a Perfect Fifth • The harmonic interval between the third and the fifth is a Major Third

  38. Minor Chords • Let’s graphically look at a minor chord G Major Third Eb Perfect Fifth Minor Third C

  39. Augmented Chords • There are some things you should know about a Augmented Chords

  40. Augmented Chords • There are some things you should know about a Augmented Chords • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Major Third

  41. Augmented Chords • There are some things you should know about a Augmented Chords • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Major Third • The harmonic interval between the root and the Fifth is a Augmented Fifth

  42. Augmented Chords • There are some things you should know about a Augmented Chords • The harmonic interval between the root and the third is a Major Third • The harmonic interval between the root and the Fifth is a Augmented Fifth • The harmonic interval between the third and the fifth is a Major Third

  43. Augmented Chords • A graphic look at an augmented chord G# Major Third E Augmented Fifth Major Third C

  44. Augmented Chords • There are only four augmented chords • C E G# (E G# B#) (G# B# D##) Ab • G B D# (B D# F##) (D# F## A##)  Eb • F A C# (A C# E#) (C# F A) • D F# A# (F# A# C##) (A# C## E##) Bb

  45. Diminished Chords • There are some things you should know about a Diminished Seventh Chords

  46. Diminished Chords • There are some things you should know about a Diminished Seventh Chords • The harmonic interval between the root and the flatted third is a Minor Third

  47. Diminished Chords • There are some things you should know about a Diminished Seventh Chords • The harmonic interval between the root and the flatted third is a Minor Third • The harmonic interval between the flatted third and the flatted fifth is a Minor Third

  48. Diminished Chords • There are some things you should know about a Diminished Seventh Chords • The harmonic interval between the root and the flatted third is a Minor Third • The harmonic interval between the flatted third and the flatted fifth is a Minor Third • The harmonic interval between the flatted fifth and the double flatted seventh is a Minor Third

  49. Diminished Chords • A graphic look at a diminished chord Bbb Minor third Gb Minor third Eb Minor third C

  50. Diminished Chords • There are only three diminished seventh chords • C Eb Gb Bbb • (Eb Bbb Dbb) (Gb Bbb Dbb Fbb) • (Bbb Dbb Fbb Gb) A • G Bb Db Fb • (Bb Dbb Fbb Abb) (Db Fb Abb Cbb) • (Fb Abb Cbb Ebbb) E • F Ab Cb Eb • (Ab Cb Eb Gbb) (Cb Eb Gb Bbb) B • (Eb Gb Bbb Dbb)

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