Building a Chord

How triads are built by stacking thirds, the four triad qualities and their sound, and a triad on every degree of the major and minor scale.

What's inside

• The four triad qualities — major, minor, diminished, augmented — built on a note, with their interval recipe and sound
• A semitone-counting table for each quality, with symbols and an example built on C
• A triad on every degree of the C major scale, with Roman numerals and functional names
• How to name a chord you've found, and the triads that occur in a minor key