In this chapter, we're going to discuss Triads and look at some new Intervals
A chord is just when you play multiple notes at the same time. Nothing complicated about that. So it really doesn't matter what they are, even if it sounds really messed up, if it has multiple notes played at the same times, it's still a chord. An arpeggio is just when you have a chord, but you pluck out each distinct note, instead of playing all the notes at the same time. You can play up and down (Lowest to Highest note and back down), or some other pattern.
👋 I think for now we're going to only be doing arpeggios for the examples, because I haven't thought of a way to play chords on this thing. But the idea is the same. And you can find these notes on your own instrument and play the chords that way too."
So anyway, we know what chords are, but how do we figure out what notes to play? Which ones will sound good together? What makes a chord minor? What's a seventh chord? Let's start with the most common type of chord, the Triad.
A triad a type of chord made out of a scale. It's composed of the 1, 3, and 5 of that scale. So for instance, let's look at the major scale again. And just for fun I'm just going to move it to G instead of C.
Now let's see it with just numbers, and just play the 1, 3, and 5.
So if you play these notes individually, you have G Major arpeggio, and when you play them together, you get a G Major chord. Let's look at the intervals used in creating this chord. The first interval, from 1 to 3, is called a Major Third. Since, we're skipping the two, it's basically two whole notes together. It's just the first two whole step intervals in our major scale pattern put together. OR just a total of 4 halfsteps. You can think of it either way, it doesn't matter.
The other interval in our G Major Triad is the 5th. It's also called a Perfect Fifth. Take a look at the distance and just notice how it sounds with the 1.
🤓 This is a very consonant interval. Consonant just means it sounds nice and doesn't clash. The two tones just sound like they get along well. The opposite of consonance isdissonance, which is when the notes sound like they don't go together as well. The half step is the most dissonant interval. Try playing a half step as a chord and you'll hear it. If you play the major third, it sounds good too. It's also relatively consonant, but not as consonant as the 5th.
In the next chapter, we'll go through the modes of the major scale, and construct the triads for each. Triads