Chord family

  CHORD FAMILY 

                                               HOW TO FORM A MAJOR CHORD

A chord is the combination of musical note to give a reasonable sound.

                                                        

                                                    Types of chord

    Major chord

    Minor chord

    Augmented chord

    Diminished chord

                                       Kinds of major chords

        Triad chord: A triad chord is made up of three notes, we have the major triad chord and the minor triad chord, the minor chord is determined by the major third, the minor chord is determined by the flatted chord.

         Chords are notes played simultaneously. The most commonly used chords are constructed from seconds, fourths or fifths but these types of chords are less common.
                                                                   Basic chords

                                 

      
                                               How to form major triad chords.

         To form a major triad chord, you need the 1st,3rd and 5th note in a scale.

For example:  1          3           5

                  C    D     E     F    G    A    B    C   =C E G – C major.

The most basic keyboard chords are the major and minor triads. Every pianist will benefit from knowing all 24 of these triads and mastering them on the piano. The major triads and their most basic position on the keys, called “Root Position”, should be as solid and dependable in the mind of the pianist as the alphabet is for readers.

Seventh chord: if we stack another third onto any of the basic chords, we now have ‘seventh chords’.

                       

                              

This chord tone chart organizes the tones of all major scales in the order needed for the construction of major chords. Reading up from the chord root 
Once you have the image and feel for all 12 major chords and all 12 minors in their root positions, you will want to begin learning to invert them and also how to play patterns with them. This procedure will help you build your knowledge and your technique to a level that will make you a proficient pianist in all areas of piano study. Your mastery of chords will add great strength to your overall piano skills foundation.

                                               

                                           How to play triad chords

This depends on how efficient you are willing to play with your fingers.

LEFT HAND                                                                            RIGHT HAND

  5    3    1                                                                                   1    3    5

  C    E    G                                                                                   C    E    G

                              C       D      E     F        G      A      B      C           

                                                        INVERSION

Inversion could be defined as the rearrangement of chords from its normal position. In          music, rearrangement of the top-to-bottom elements in an interval, a chord, a melody, or a group of contrapuntal lines of music. The inversion of chords and intervals is utilized for various purposes.

Example:- C Major chord

               C   E   G – Normal

               E   G   C -1st Inversion

               G  C   E – 2nd Inversion

   C     D     E     F    G    A     B     C

   E      F     G    A    B    C     D     E  

   G     A     B    C    D     E     F     G

If the root of a chord is not in the bass (the lowest note in a chord voicing) then that   chord is said to be an Inverted Chord. For example, starting from lowest to highest, if you have the notes E, G and C, you have an inverted C Major chord. It is inverted because the root of the chord is not in the bass.

A    C    E – Normal             F    A    C – Normal                G    B    D – Normal                   

C     E   A – 1st I.N                A    C    F – 1st I.N                   B    D    G – 1st I.N

E     A   C – 2nd I.N               C    F    A –  2nd I.N                 D   G    B – 2nd I.N