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 tacking 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: A 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.

02 - Chord Construction

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