Major chord

In music theory, a major chord ( Play (help·info)) is a chord having a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a major triad. Some major triads with additional notes, such as the major seventh chord, may also be called major chords. A major triad can also be described as a major third interval with a minor third interval on top or as a root note, a note 4 semitones higher than the root, and... more

Also known as:

  • Dur-Akkord

We can tell you that Major chord is a…

If you know more about Major chord, you can add more facts here »

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Altered chord

    Altered chord

    In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale. For example the following progression : The next progression uses an altered IV chord and is an alteration of : The Ab serves as a...
  • Power chord

    Power chord

    In music, a power chord Play (help·info) (also fifth chord) is a chord consisting of only the root note of the chord and the fifth, usually played on electric guitar, and typically through an amplification process that imparts distortion. Power chords are a key element of many styles of rock music...
  • Seventh chord

    Seventh chord

    A seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root. When not otherwise specified, a "seventh chord" usually means a major triad with a flat seventh (a "dominant seventh chord"). However, a variety of sevenths may be added to a...
  • Minor chord

    Minor chord

    In music theory, a minor chord ( play D minor chord (help·info)) is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad. Some minor triads with additional notes, such as the minor seventh chord, may also be called minor...
  • Augmented sixth chord

    Augmented sixth chord

    An augmented sixth chord contains the interval of an augmented sixth above its "root". This chord has its origins in the Renaissance, further developed in the Baroque, and became a distinctive part of the musical style of the Classical and Romantic periods. The augmented sixth interval is typically...
  • Added tone chord

    Added tone chord

    An added tone chord is a triadic chord with an extra "added" note, such as the added sixth ( Play (help·info)). This includes chords with an added thirteenth and farther "extensions", but that do not include the intervening thirds as in an extended chord. The concept of added tones is further...
  • Polychord

    Polychord

    In music and music theory, a bichord or polychord consists of two or more chords, one on top of the other. The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or polytonality. Harmonic parallelism may suggest bichords. Examples may be found in Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, p.15, and Rite of Spring, "Dance...
  • Tristan chord

    Tristan chord

    The Tristan chord is a chord made up of the notes F, B, D♯ and G♯. More generally, it can be any chord that consists of these same intervals: augmented fourth, augmented sixth, and augmented second above a root. It is so named as it is the very first chord heard in Richard Wagner's opera Tristan...
  • Borrowed chord

    Borrowed chord

    A borrowed chord is a chord borrowed from the parallel key (minor or major scale with the same tonic). If the root of the borrowed chord is not in the original key, then the chord is named by the accidental. For instance, in a major key, a chord built on the parallel minor's sixth degree is a "flat...
  • Neapolitan chord

    Neapolitan chord

    In music theory, a Neapolitan chord (or simply a "Neapolitan") is a major chord built on the lowered second (supertonic) scale degree. It most commonly occurs in first inversion so that it is notated either as ♭II or N and normally referred to as a Neapolitan sixth chord. The Neapolitan chord is so...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Major chord was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution