L02- know about chords and chord progressions

Types of chords



Major

 



A major Chord is made up of three notes ( triad) the chord is made up of the Root, a major third above that and a perfect fifth above that. A major triad can also be described as a major third interval with a minor interval on top or as a root note, a note 4 semitones higher than the root, and a note 7 semitones higher than the root.

Diminished
 

~Diminished chords are chords which have got smaller by a semitone ( opposite of augmented) . In this example it has gone from an f minor chord to a F diminished chord because of the c Flat, making hte chord smaller by a semitone.

Augmented.

 

An augmented chord is a chord where it has got bigger by a semitone ( where as dimisnhed is where the interval gets smaller b a semitone). In this example it is augment because the semitone has been added to the chord ( the E flat).


Minor 7th

A sevenh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chords root. In this example it is a minor 7th. 

Minor

A minor chord is made up of three notes (triad) where the third is flattened. For example , C,E,G would be the major version but if you flatten the third it becomes minor C,Eb,G.

Dominant Chords.

Dominant chords are chords where the tonic note is the 5th of the scale you are in ( chord 5). so in this example Aminor the Dominant of the chord would be E major.

Chord progressions (standard progressions)
-Diatonic

Diatonic.

Diatonic means musical elements derived from scales and whole tone scales. for example C,Am,F,G7 because they all center around the chord of C.

Chromatic.

 

-Chromatic
C, C#, D, D#,E
Chrommatic means accesding or deccending by a semitone at a time. this is an example of a chomatic chord progression.