Musicianship Group Class #5
Here is a question that came in from last nights class. This answer, in a sense, summarizes what was presented in class. The question is, what chords are found in the C major scale (or really any scale, but let’s use C major)? To do this, you can only build the chords from the notes of the C major scale. Chords that use notes that are outside the scale (like G# for instance) would not fit, because they are not part of the scale. So in C major, you would build your first chord starting on the note C, the second chord starting on the note D, the third chord starting on E, and continuing until you built a chord on every note of the c major scale. Every chord will need a root (the starting note), a third (which could be major or minor), and a fifth (which is usually a perfect fifth, but could be a flat 5). Remember, when you build each chord, you have to use notes that come from C major. So here is what you end up with: Chord number one: C Major ...
