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{{Beginner Lesson Crumbs|13}}
The G Major chord consists of the G, B, and D notes. Again, the major chord consists of a root note, and its major third and perfect fifth above.
== PreReqs ==
|G Major Chord#Strumming|Strumming}}
In the key of C Major, G is the 5th note of the scale, and the G Major chord is thus called the <u>V chord</u> (that's the roman numeral five, not the letter 'v'). It's Its notes are the perfect 5th, major 7th, and major 9th (octave of the major 2nd) above the tonic note of the key ((G B D) for the key of C Major). ''Note: like all major chords, it consists of a root and the M3 and P5 above the root. G is the root; B is a M3 above G; D is a P5 above G.''
That last paragraph was probably quite may be confusing. Rather than try to do all the distance math in our heads, it's simpler to say that the root of the V chord is a P5 above the tonic note, and that the V chord is a major chord. That is enough to quickly determine its member notes. And given that the V chord is diatonic to the major scale and that all basic triads consist of every other note from the root, we can simply skip the A and C to get (G B D). At this point it may be easier to simply memorize the notes. Later, you'll see why the intervallic relationships matter, start to understand all the patterns, and see how multiple methodologies point to the same results.
C G B D - Notes
B--1----8----12---15-
|-P5-| \
|---M7----| } > distances from the tonic note of the C Major key
|------M9------| /
U \
|-M3-| } > distances from the root note of the G major chord
|---P5----| /