3.1 · Building Chords

Building triads

A chord is multiple notes sounding together. The simplest and most common type of chord is the triad, whose basic formula is a root, a third, and a fifth.

Build it up

CC: the note the chord is named after.
C ESkip a letter up to E.
C E GSkip again to G: that's a chord.

Game · Build the chord

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Some of these are called major, some minor: build them all with the same two skips.

Build the C major chord. Tap the root: C.

Build it up: root, then third, then fifth.

Quiz

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A triad is built from how many notes?

Score 100% on every quiz and game to complete this lesson. A perfect run sticks: a later miss never undoes it.Major triads →