Major Scale Chord Construction Theory

This video shows how chords are contructed from the 7 notes of the Major scale.

Chords are built by initially stacking 3rds upon one another. Or, by taking the root note and adding every other note until you have 3 notes for a basic chord or triad. 

For example: The C major scale has the notes C - D - E F - G - A - B C

To create a chord with the C note as the root, we add every other note to get 3 notes... C E G. That's your basic C Major chord.

You then do the same with the rest of the notes in the scale to end up with the following chords:

• C major = C E G
• D minor = D F A
• E Minor = E G B
• F major = F A C
• G major = G B D
• A minor = A C E
• B diminished = B D F