Chord Construction

Lesson 5/115 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Piano for Adults

Chord Construction

Chords are usually made up of combinations of major and minor third intervals. All of the chords you have learned up to this point have been triads (3 note chords). There are four basic types of triads: major, minor, augmented and diminished. The following diagrams demonstrate each of these triads are along with the formula for each one.

C Major Chord

C Minor Chord

C Augmented Chord

C Diminished Chord

This example demonstrates the four basic types of triads shown on the previous pages.

All types of chords can be played in different positions on the piano in various inversions. This example demonstrates how the four basic triad types could be used in a more musical manner. The right hand plays voicings which are close together on the piano, while the left hand outlines each chord as an arpeggio starting from the root.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- The Notes Middle C, D and E 3- Chords 4- The Quarter Rest 5- The Three Four Time Signature 6- The Notes A, B and C 7- The Bass Staff 8- Minor Chords 9- Arpeggios 10- Sharp Signs 11- The G Major Scale 12- Flat Signs 13- Using the Whole Keyboard 14- The Eighth Rest 15- Minor Chord Inversions 16- More About Syncopation 17- The Sixteenth Note 18- Accidentals 19- The Blues Scale 20- The Triplet 21- Swing Rhythms 22- Seventh Chords 23- Scale Tone Chords 24- Using the Sustain Pedal 25- Intervals 26- How to Transpose 27- Minor Scales and Keys 28- More About Minor Keys and Scales 29- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 30- Alternating Octaves 31- Notes on the Piano 32- Approach to Practice 33- Seventh Chords 34- The F Chord 35- The Tie 36- The C Major Scale 37- Playing Chords with the Right Hand 38- Five Finger Positions 39- Broken Chords 40- Higher C Position 41- Key Signatures 42- The F Major Scale 43- Chord Inversions 44- Syncopation 45- Slash Chords 46- Identifying Eighth Note Rhythms 47- Dynamics 48- Enharmonic Notes 49- Riffs 50- The Shuffle 51- The G Seventh Chord (G7) 52- The B Diminished Chord 53- Interval Qualities 54- New Chords in the Key of G 55- Tempo Changes 56- The Harmonic Minor Scale 57- Minor Pentatonic Scale in E 58- Major Scales and Key Signatures 59- Music Notes 60- Changing Chords 61- The Lead-in 62- The Octave 63- Playing Scales with Both Hands 64- Piano Voices and "Timbre" 65- Legato 66- Practicing Scales 67- C Major Chord Inversions 68- Doubling Notes in Chords 69- Turnaround Progressions 70- Pedal Tones 71- Volume Changes 72- 12 Bar Blues 73- G7 Chord Inversions 74- Using Roman Numerals for Chords 75- Interval Distances 76- D Major Chord Inversions 77- Relative Major and Minor Keys 78- Harmonic Minor Scale Tone Chords 79- Cycle of Fifths 80- Notes on The Piano 81- Songs With Chords 82- Key of C Major 83- G Major Chord Inversions 84- Accents 85- Blue Notes 86- The C7 Chord 87- Chord Construction 88- New Topic 89- The Melodic Minor Scale 90- Cycle of Fourths 91- How to Find Middle C 92- F Major Chord Inversions 93- D Minor Chord Inversions 94- The F7 Chord 95- Scale Tone Chords in G 96- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Diminished Chord Inversions 97- Melodic Minor Scale Tone Chords 98- Major Scale Chart 99- How to Read Music 100- Tempo Markings 101- E Minor Chord Inversions 102- Omitting Notes from Chords 103- Blues Scale Summary 104- Note and Rest Values 105- Minor Keys 106- Minor Scales and Key Signatures 107- Chord Construction 108- The Major Chord 109- The Minor Chord 110- The Seventh Chord 111- Chord Formula Charts 112- Scale Tone Chords 113- Summary of Scale Tone Chords 114- Scale Tone Chord Extensions 115- Summary of Scale Tone Extension Chords

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Chord Construction