Question

Triads. Please identify the quality of the following major and minor triads

Answer 1

Answer:

A chord is any combination of three or more pitch classes that sound simultaneously.

A three-note chord whose pitch classes can be arranged as thirds is called a triad.

To quickly determine whether a three-note chord is a triad, arrange the three notes on the “circle of thirds” below. The pitch classes of a triad will always sit next to each other.

A triad (A, C, E) on the diatonic circle of thirds.

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