Monthly Archives: May 2017

music scales — Building the Major and Minor Triad Chords – Part 1 So let's finally get into chords, and the two fundamental piano chords: Major and Minor. Q: What is a chord? A chord is usually defined as at least three notes played simultaneously, which means that at least two intervals are played […]

Building the Major and Minor Triad Chords – Part 1

30 May, 2017 in Piano Lessons for Beginners by admin

music scales — The Relationship Between Intervals and Chords.Today we get to the interesting part. You already know that chords and intervals are closely related and that intervals are actually the building blocks. Even though intervals are usually stacked up to make chords, it’s useful to think about the relationship of each of the notes of the […]

The Relationship Between Intervals and Chords

25 May, 2017 in Piano Lessons for Beginners by admin

music scales — The Major and Minor Third Intervals Now that you understand the ƒifth Ínterval, we can progress faster, and I can show you the types of τhird Íntervals so that you can begin building complete triad chords. There are two types of τhird Íntervals, which work with the Perfect Fifth to make a complete Triad […]

The Major and Minor Third Intervals

17 May, 2017 in Piano Lessons for Beginners by admin

music scales — The Perfect Fifth Interval – Part 2 We have created a chart for you, with all the Fifth Intervals in all 12 tonalities , so you can master the Perfect Fifth interval in all keys. If you play any Fifth Interval, no matter what key you play it in, you’ll notice […]

The Perfect Fifth Interval Part 2

10 May, 2017 in Piano Lessons for Beginners by admin

music scales — What Is A Fifth Not only is this interval present in virtually all the chords and scales of conventional harmony, but it also plays an important role in music composition. We’ll use this interval to help build our Major and Minor triads, and we’ll see how it can be used as […]

What Is A Fifth – Interval

5 May, 2017 in Piano Lessons for Beginners by admin

music scales — The Octave Interval You might already know this interval even if you don’t know its name. This one is actually one of the easiest to learn as it’s just the same note repeated at a higher is called an octave higher. This not really required to build the Major and Minor […]

The Octave Interval

1 May, 2017 in Piano Lessons for Beginners by admin