Move the root note to any other note in the C Major scale, add the third and fifth and you’ve created another chord in the C Major scale. It’s good to be careful of your wording here. Say we moved the root to G. We’d have a G major chord in the key of C.
For example, let’s chose another note from the C Major scale, F. To make a chord from this we will need to add the third, which is A, and the fifth, which is C.
Each scale should be able to make 6 triads. There are also diminished chords at the end of each scale however we won’t bore you with the details of these just yet.
Major/ Minor
We touched on what makes a major and minor scale in the last piece however what is it that makes a major and minor chord? It’s not too hard to get your head around. It’s simply the placement of the third and fifth.
Let’s use C Major and Minor as our example:
A C Major chord is created by playing notes I, III, and V from the C Major scale at the same time. These notes are C (I), E(III) and G(V).