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| ! Major || Major 3rd || Perfect 5th || C
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| ! Augmented || Major 3rd || Augmented 5th || C+
→Intro to Chords
== Intro to Chords ==
Let's talk about chords. A ''chord '' is three or more notes simultaneously. Chords are based around a One of the notes is called the ''root note''. Other notes are classified in terms of the intervals they create with the root note.
''Triads'' are chords composed of a root note and its third and fifth- these are the most common type of chords. There are 4 main types of triads:
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A basic ''major chord '' is root, major third, and perfect fifth. For a C Major chord, that's C - E and C - G. The C Major chord is spelled CEG or (C E G ) or C-E-G.
Often, a chord spans more than one octave, reusing the same set of notes in a higher octave. For example, C2 E2 G2 C3 E3 is 5 notes, but all 5 notes are found in the C major triad. This is still a C Major chord.
''Notice a triad is basically every other note from the root. '' A C Major triad is CEG. We skip the D and F - C (D) E (F) G. This is helpful to quickly get the notes for a particular chord in the key of C Major. As we learn more about other keys and get more accustomed to the intervalic relationship between each pair of notes in the chromatic scale, we will be able to derive the member notes for any particular chord quickly.
== Writing Conventions ==