Chord Spelling - Triads

This lesson presents the traditional approach for learning the chord tones of chords with a little twist to make it a bit easier. A Chord is three or more notes sounded simultaneously - together or almost together. The minimum number of notes required for a chord are three. These three note chords are called triads. Two notes are usually referred to as an interval or dyad. Each note of a chord is called a chord tone.

Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: ML-basic-02-tri

Main Category: Triads Main Instrument: Any

Subjects: Chords

2017-10-21

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Chord Spelling - Triads

This lesson presents the traditional approach for learning the chord tones of chords with a little twist to make it a bit easier. A Chord is three or more notes sounded simultaneously - together or almost together. The minimum number of notes required for a chord are three. These three note chords are called triads. Two notes are usually referred to as an interval or dyad. Each note of a chord is called a chord tone.

The traditional definition of a Chord is – (paraphrased) – three or more notes sounded together or almost together - think arpeggio . The minimum number of notes required for a chord are three. These three note chords are called triads. Two notes are usually referred to as an interval or dyad. Each note of a chord is called a chord tone. Also, as a side note, these traditional triads are the ONLY chords given chord names such as major, minor, diminished, augmented. Contemporary additions to theses names are the sus and add designation.

A chord is a chord, regardless of what instrument it is being played on or whether all the notes are played together, as single notes or even on the different instruments.

Chord Building and Spelling?

The best way to get the chord tones, the spelling of any chord are to take the scale degrees of a major scale, based on the root of the chord. For a major triad the scale degrees are the 1st, 3rd and 5th scale degrees of its corresponding major scale. For a minor triad flat the 3rd.

Here is a chart listing ALL 15 Major Scales and the chord building numeric formula for common chords.

A Guide to Advanced Chords Series — Chord Building Chart

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