Quickly and easily identify the notes to ANY triad.
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00:00 Overview and Free Guide
01:07 Long Way...
02:22 Shortcut
04:24 All Major Triads
07:12 Minor Triads
08:58 Triad Formulas
09:32 Memorization Tips
13:10 Practice with Me
15:14 Grab the Free Guide!
Triads are the building blocks to most styles of music. It’s so vital to instantly know the notes to all triads, especially major and minor triads. Diminished and Augmented chords are also important components. Memorizing the notes to these chords is sometimes easier said than done.
Today we discuss strategies to more quickly and easily visualize the notes to all major triads, and understand the relationships between them. We group them into 3 categories to help with memory. Using those 3 groups of major triads as our starting place, we can easily find the minor, diminished, and augmented triads using simple formulas.
We also discuss a few memorization tips to quickly recall the 3 groups of major triads. To help practice these, I have FREE Quizlet flashcards below. They’re organized into the levels based on the topics in the video. I recommend starting with Level 1 and only moving on to the next level once it becomes instantaneous. The answer side of the flashcard also has which of the 3 groups the chord belongs to.
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Quizlet Flashcards: https://quizlet.com/Josh_Ring_Music/folders/music-theory-triads/sets
Level 1: only the 7 Major Triads with roots based on the 7 natural notes
Level 2: all of the most common Major Triads
Level 3: all of the common (and not-so-common) Major and Minor Triads