Moffat Academy Music Department

Advanced Chords

You will learn about 4 different types of chords

MajorMinorAugmentedDiminished

Major ChordMajor Triad

A Major chord has a root (1), a major third (3rd) and a perfect fifth (5th)

Minor Chord Differs from a major chord in that it is has a

MINOR third instead of a major third plus the root and the fifth.

F Minor G MinorC Minor

Major third and Minor third A Major Third has an interval of Two Tones

A Minor Third has an interval of One Tone and a semi-tone

Augmented ChordsO The Augmented chord is the triad consisting of

a major third and an augmented fifth above the root. This means you sharpen the fifth – if the root is C, the augmented chord consists of the notes C, E and G♯.

C Augmented F Augmented G Augmented

Diminished Chords Diminished triad consists

of the root (1), minor third ( 3) and a minor fifth ( 5).

Basically, its like a minor third stacked on a minor third. It sounds very closed and squashed. F Diminished

Question Time...What notes would you find in the

following chords? C Major A Minor D Augmented B Augmented D Diminished E Diminished B Minor

Diminished 7th ChordsA chord consisting of three intervals of a minor 3rd built one on top of the other, the interval between the lower and top note being a diminished 7th.

In C major:

Dominant 7th Chords O A seventh chord is a chord consisting

of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root.

In C major:

Added 6th ChordsO A "sixth chord," also called the

"added sixth chord,“ is a major triad with the interval of a sixth added (as measured from the root of the chord).

C added 6th