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Triads Worksheet · Diminished chords are constructed by playing the root, b3rd and b5th of the...
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Triads Worksheet www.pianogroove.com So what is a triad? A triad is a 3 note chord stacked in third intervals. The interval of a third is the basic building block for chords Triads are the simplest of all chords and will most likely be the first chords you will learn on the piano. There of four different types of triad: • Major Triads • Minor Triads • Diminished Triads & • Augmented Triads Now let’s look at each type: Major Triads Here are the major triads for C, G & D. In the first bar we have a C major triad. If we play the C major scale and take the 1 st ,3 rd and 5 th notes of the scale we are left with a C major triad. In the second bar we have a G major triad. If we play the G major scale and take the 1 st 3 rd and 5 th notes of the scale we are left with a G major triad. In the second bar we have a D major triad. If we play the D major scale and take the 1 st 3 rd and 5 th notes of the scale we are left with a D major triad. The interval relationship of all major triads is root, major 3 rd and then a minor 3 rd . Minor Triads Here we have the minor triads for C, G and D: First we have a C minor triad which is built from the 1 st ,3 rd &5 th notes of the C minor scale. Next we have a G minor triad which is built from the 1 st ,3 rd &5 th notes of the G minor scale.
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Sowhatisatriad?Atriadisa3notechordstackedinthirdintervals.TheintervalofathirdisthebasicbuildingblockforchordsTriadsarethesimplestofallchordsandwillmostlikelybethefirstchordsyouwilllearnonthepiano.Thereoffourdifferenttypesoftriad:
• MajorTriads• MinorTriads• DiminishedTriads&• AugmentedTriads
Nowlet’slookateachtype:MajorTriadsHerearethemajortriadsforC,G&D.
InthefirstbarwehaveaCmajortriad.IfweplaytheCmajorscaleandtakethe1st,3rdand5thnotesofthescaleweareleftwithaCmajortriad.InthesecondbarwehaveaGmajortriad.IfweplaytheGmajorscaleandtakethe1st3rdand5thnotesofthescaleweareleftwithaGmajortriad.InthesecondbarwehaveaDmajortriad.IfweplaytheDmajorscaleandtakethe1st3rdand5thnotesofthescaleweareleftwithaDmajortriad.Theintervalrelationshipofallmajortriadsisroot,major3rdandthenaminor3rd. MinorTriadsHerewehavetheminortriadsforC,GandD:
FirstwehaveaCminortriadwhichisbuiltfromthe1st,3rd&5thnotesoftheCminorscale.NextwehaveaGminortriadwhichisbuiltfromthe1st,3rd&5thnotesoftheGminorscale.
NextwehaveaDminortriadwhichisbuiltfromthe1st,3rd&5thnotesoftheDminorscale.Anotherwayoffindingtheminorscaleistoplaythemajortriadanddropthe3rdbyhalfastep.Theintervalrelationshipofallminortriadsisroot,minor3rdandthenamajor3rd.Notethatthisistheoppositeintervalrelationshipofmajorthirds Hereisanexerciseforlearningthe12major&12minortriads:
StartinthekeyofCandplayaCmajorTriad.Nowdropthe3rddownhalfasteptoplayaCminortriad.NextmovetherootuphalfastepandplayaDbmajortriad.Nowdropthe3rddownhalfasteptoplayaC#minortriad.NextmovetherootofthechordupanotherhalfstepandplayaDmajortriad.Nowdropthe3rddownhalfasteptoplayaDminortriad.I’llnowcontinuethisexerciseupthechromaticscale.Thechromaticscalebythewayisall12notesofthekeyboard.NoticehowIsaidthechordnamealoudeachtimeIchangedchord.Thisisveryimportantasitcreatedanassociationbetweentheshape,lookandfeelofthechordandit’sname.Nowlet’slookattheothertwotypesoftriad:DiminishedTriadsHerearethediminishedtriadsofC,G&D
Diminishedchordsusethecircularsymbolyoucanseenexttothechord.Theyarealsonotatedwiththeabbreviation‘dim’.Thesesymbolsareusedinterchangeably
Diminishedchordsareconstructedbyplayingtheroot,b3rdandb5thofthemajorscale.SoinC,weplaythemajortriadandthenflatthe3rdand7th.
WecandothesameinG,majortriadthenflatthe3rd&7thAnotherwayoflookingatadiminishedtriadisastackofminorthirds.Thisisaveryimportanttriadtolearnasyouwillfindoutwhenyouwatchthelessonsof7thchords.Weusethediminishedtriadtobuild2different7thchordssoit’sgoodtohavetheshapefirmlyunderyourfingers. AugmentedTriadsHerearetheaugmentedtriadsofC,G&D:
Augmentedchordsusethe‘plus’symbolyoucanseenexttothechord.Theyarealsonotatedwiththeabbreviation‘aug’andagainthesesymbolsareusedinterchangeably.Theaugmentedtriadisthesameasamajortriadbutwithasharp5th.Sharpfifthsimplymeansthatthefifthnotehasbeenraisedbyhalfastep.Augmentedtriadsaretheleastcommonofthefourtypesoftriadsbutyoudostillneedtounderstandhowthischordisbuilt.Whenreadingleadsheets,youmaycomeacross#5chordswhichwouldlooklikethis:Theseareaugmentedchordssojustrememberthattheyarebuiltfromamajortriadwithasharpened5th
InvertingTriadsNextlet’slookatchangingtheorderofthenotesofthetriads–thesearecalledinversions.3notechordscanbeinvertedtwice–herearetheinversionsinthekeyofCmajor.Whentherootisonthebottom,wecallthisrootposition.
Nextwehavethe1stinversion.Togetfromrootpositionto1stinversion,wetakethebottomnoteofthechordandmoveittothetop.Noticethatthischordsoundsdifferenteventhoughweareplayingthesamenotes.
Nextwehavethesecondinversion.Togetfromthe1sttothe2ndinversion,againwetakethebottomnoteandmoveittothetop–againnoticehowthissounddifferent.Wecouldalsofindthe2ndinversionfromrootpositionbytakingthetopnoteandputtingitonthebottom.Nowlet’sdothesameforCminor.
Youneedtolearntoplaytheinversionsoftriadsinall12majorandminorkeys.ArpeggiatingTriadsOnceyouarecomfortablewiththeinversionsit’stimetostartarpeggiatingthetriadshapesupanddownthekeyboard.Masteringthisexercisewillhelpyouwhenyoucometoimprovise.Let’sstartinCmajorandarpeggiatethetriadsthroughthedifferentinversions
Nowlet’sswitchtoCminorandrepeattheexercise.
WecandothesamethinginD,thenGandsoon…Youwillwanttodothisinallkeysaroundthecircleoffifths.SohowtopracticetheseexercisesMasteringtheseexercisesisagradualprocess–don’ttrytogothroughall12keysin1practicesessionifyouarejuststartingout.Thetrickistostartyourpracticewith2or3keysandthennexttimepick3differentkeysandkeepgoinguntilyou’vemasteredallofthem.Alsomakesureyoupicktherighttempotodotheseexercises–ifyouplaytoofastyouwillloseaccuracyanditbecomesapointlessexercise.Remembertostartslowandgraduallybuildupthespeed.
