Learning to Recognize Triads – Part 2
Chords, Series
This article is part 2 of ‘Learning To Recognize Triads’ – make sure you’ve read Part 1 first! You should make sure you are quite comfortable with major and minor triads before moving onto the material below.
Diminished Triads
The next triad to work with is the diminished triad. It has a minor third and diminished fifth above the root. The distance from the third to the fifth is also a minor third:
The diminished triad naturally occurs on the seventh scale degree of a major scale. If you are using solfege the syllables are: ti re fa. Here are a few examples to get you going – as before, listen to the triad and sing it back. Then try singing a diminished triad given a starting pitch from your instrument: Click to read the rest…
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Learning to Recognize Triads – Part 1
Chords, SeriesWe will learn how to identify triads in the same manner as scales and intervals. We will begin with major triads.
Major Triads
You will recall that triads are made by stacking thirds. Its members are called the root, third and fifth. It’s useful to know the interval content of a major triad: it has a major third and perfect fifth above the root. The distance between the third and fifth is a minor third. We often name a triad by its root note and quality, for example, C major:
Learning to identify major triads by sound, is as simple as learning how to sing them. If we use solfege, the syllables are do mi so. We will continue to use the same methods as in the previous two articles. Click to read the rest…
Tags: fifth, harmony, major, minor, pitch, Pitch & Harmony, Relative Pitch, thirds, triads
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