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BUILDING CHORDS FROM A  MAJOR AND MINOR SCALE

What is chords?
A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of pitches/frequencies consisting of "multiple notes played simultaneously."

Its derivations: Arpeggios/ Broken Chords

EXAMPLE:
Chords from C Major Scale:

Major Scale Note (7) :  
1st +  3rd + 5th = Resulting Chords (Major or Minor)?


(Chords from C Major Scale)

Explanation with Examples:

3rd Note of each chord will be major or Minor (according to its relativity)

For example:

In C major scale, we can build 1 chords from each note.

Since it is a seven note scale. So 7 different chords can be build in major and minor (according to its relativity)

Starting, our first note is C

C  D   E  F  G  A  B  C

1st Note:  C +  E  +  G =   C Maj chord

(because 3rd note E is not relative minor of C)

2nd Note:  D +  F  +  A =   D min chord

(because 3rd note F is the relative minor of D)

In other words, 3rd note F is the minor third of D)

Minor Formula: W- H- W- W- H- W- W
                           D  D#  F 

3rd Note: E +  G  + B = E min chord

(because 3rd note G is the relative minor of E)

In other words, 3rd note G is the minor third of E)

Minor Formula: W-H-W-W-H-W-W
                           E  F  G 

4th Note: F +  A  + C = F Major Chord

(because 4th note F is not relative minor of A)

5th Note: G +  B  + D = G Major Chord

(because 5th note G is not relative minor of B)

6th Note: A +  C  + E = A minor Chord

(because 6th note A is relative minor of C)

7th Note: B +  D  + F = B minor Chord

(because 7th note B is relative minor of D)

HOMEWORK:

Draw a table of "E Major Scale" and build major and minor chords from it.





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