How Do You Form A Major Chord In Music?
Chords play a huge role in music. A chord is simply three or more notes that are played simultaneously. Of course this can only be done on polyphonic instruments such as the piano or guitar, but cannot be done on monophonic instruments like the clarinet or trumpet. This article shows you the steps for forming a major chord which is considered to be a harmonious, pleasing sound, as opposed to other types of chords which may convey sadness or a sense of urgency. The article assumes that the reader is familiar with how to form a major scale. See the Resource section for an article on that topic. There are many different ways to form a major chord, all of which are equivalent. A chord revolves around what we call a root, or base (not bass) note, or tonic. We will then add two other notes above that note, according to a particular formula. One way to do this is by first forming the major scale of the root note. For example, a C Major scale is C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. A major chord is formed by taki
