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Root, third, fifth
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Most chords are built by skipping letters.
Start on any note, skip the next letter, take the one after. Do it twice: C, skip D, E, skip F, G.
C, E and G: one by one, then together.
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The three notes are the root, the third and the fifth.
The root is the note you start on, and the chord is named after it. Count letters from C: E is the third letter, G the fifth.
In the chord C, E, G, which note is the root?
Root, third and fifth together make a triad.
Tri means three. On the white keys, a triad is play one, skip one, play one, skip one, play one.
Build a triad on D, then on G.
D, skip E, F, skip G, A. Then G, skip A, B, skip C, D.
Which notes make the triad on F?
Triads on C, F and G.
Each one is a root with a third and a fifth stacked on it.
In the triad G, B, D, which note is the fifth?
You can stack a triad.
What you learned
- A triad is a root, a third above it and a fifth above it.
- The root is the note the chord is named after.
- On the white keys, a triad is play one, skip one, play one, skip one.
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