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This is a basic introduction to chords. There is also a complete chord reference. Chords are the vertical arrangement of notes from a scale. The study of chords is called Harmony. Harmony is concerned with how one or more notes interact, and how they follow each other. Many people define chords as several notes played simultaneously. It must be pointed out that it is possible to play music of a chordal nature on the flute, trumpet, or a lone human voice, all three being monophonic instruments. Since obviously monophonic instruments cannot play a stacked chord where the notes are sounded simultaneously; the chords are implied. A simpler way of viewing this is that when chord tones are played as an arpeggio on a monophonic instrument the human ear interprets that there is ua55b800 pdf 7 major harmonic structure. We therefore define a chord as the basic element of harmony. To start with we will look at examples of the most basic chord, the triad. The triad is a class of chords, specifically three-note chords formed by this formula: or root, third, fifth. In this example they ua55b800 pdf 7 major constructed of two consecutive thirds. The major is very consonant ; the minor is a bit less so but still consonant for most purposes. The augmented is very dissonant and the diminished is extremely dissonant as it contains a tritone augmented fourth or, in this case, diminished fifth. The major and minor triads may have their third omitted, ua55b800 pdf 7 major this is uncommon. If the third of a major or minor chord is omitted, the result is a fifth chordwhich is often called a power chord when played on an overdriven guitar. If we look at a C major triad or three-voice chord ua55b800 pdf 7 major is based on combining a root voice C with two other voices at slightly different intervals of a third E, a major third from C and G, a minor third from E. If we compare the key of C major to the C major chord using the names do, re, mi, fa, so, la, si, to represent the scale degrees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the C major chord is constructed from the notes domiand so.



Music Theory/Chords - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Music Theory/Chords - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Music Theory/Chords - Wikibooks, open books for an open world