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Building Triads
Three notes, stacked in thirds. That's a triad, and it comes in four flavours.
In this lesson you'll
- Build major, minor, diminished and augmented triads on any root.
- Tell the four triads apart by ear.
Music in this lesson
- Oh! DarlingThe Beatles · 1969 · one E augmented chord
Remember
A triad is a root, a third and a fifth, stacked in thirds.
Four recipes. Four plus three, three plus four, three plus three, four plus four.
The recipe works on any root. Just count the half steps.