The purpose of having flags on the stems of the notes is, this indicates that f<span>or each flag, the note's value is cut smaller by half. The more flags a note has, the shorter its length is. This has also the same purpose with beams. Notes smaller than quarter notes have flags or beams. Hope this answer helps.</span>
In tonal Western classical music (music with a tonic key or "home key"), the most frequently encountered chords are triads, so called because they consist of three distinct notes: the root note, and intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. ... A series of chords is called a chord progression