What classifies a chords name?

Question

for example C miner dim or G major 9. i dont get it

Answer 1

What makes a C minor a C chord is the root note. This is the first note of the three notes it takes to make the chord. Minor and Major Chords are determined by whether or not the 3rd and 5th notes in the chord are sharp, flat or natural. Diminished and 9th are types of chords. I would suggest buying a book on music theory if you want to learn more, or just keep asking questions on here. Good Luck!

Answer 2

C is the note that the chord is based on. Chords can be based upon any note.

Major chords are chords built on the starting note's major scale. For example, A major is built on A, C# and E. It's a major chord because the notes in the chord are those notes within the key of A major.

Minor chords are chords built on the starting note's minor scale. So in the case of A minor, you'd have A, C, and E. The C is natural and not sharp. All those notes appear in the key of A minor.

(note, don't be confused between a chord's starting note and the KEY that the music is in. Just because you have a D major chord in a piece doesn't mean that the piece is necessarily in D Major).

Okay, now 7th chords and 9th, etc. Major and minor chords are comprised of only three notes. Adding more notes is possible. The number (such as 7, 9, 11, and 13) describe intervals from the starting note. For example, in a D7 chord you create a D major chord. It's D, F# and A. But you cound seven degrees up the scale from D and you get C#. Well a chord of D, F#, A and C# is a "major 7th chord".

To get just D7, you will use a seventh that is flatted from the D major scale. So that would be C natural rather than C#.

For D9, you keep the seventh but then add yet another note. Counting up 9 steps from D, you arrive at E. For 11th, you add G and for a 13th chord you add B natural. (note, don't try to fit all the notes into every chord. You can trim down the voicing of a 13th by keeping the root, the third, the seventh and the 13th.

Diminished chords: Start with a minor chord. Then flat the fifth degree. For example, E dim is E, G, and Bb rather than B natural as in E minor.

Augmented chords: Start with a major chord and sharp the fifth one half-step. Example in F augmented (notated as F+ or F Aug) F, A, C#

Flat 9th chords. Simple! Take a 9th chord and simply (duh!) flat the ninth scale degree. Example G b9 is G, B, D, F, Ab.

It will take a while to learn all the chords and the best way is to learn the keys. Get a teacher and get one that will insist you learn to play scales, chords and patterns in all keys.

Answer 3

The triad is what defines a chord on the most basic level. The triad is the root, the third, and the fifth. Those are the steps of a scale that, when played simultaneously, constitute a chord.

Imagine a C scale laid out before you. Imagine Julie Andrews from Sound of Music running you through the do-re-mi-fa-so-le-ti-do.

From do to re is two half tones (you would skip a note on the piano). This is the second.
From re to mi is also two half tones. This is the third.
From mi to fa is only one half tone. This is the fourth.
From fa to so is again two half tones. The fifth.
From so to le is two half tones. The sixth.
From le to ti is two half tones. The seventh.
From ti back to do is a half tone.

If you play the first note (do), the third note (mi), and the fifth note (so) simultaneously -- that's a major chord.

If the third is flat, you remove a half tone in the interval from second to third. This is a minor chord.

If the fifth is flat and the third is flat, that is a diminished chord.

If the fifth and the third is sharp, that is an augmented chord.

From there, the chord names change as you add stuff that is outside the triad. If I add (ti) I am playing a seventh chord.

Et cetera.

Answer 4

Keys determines what a person sings in. Keys have 3 basic chords. For example;
The key of C has C chord which have the notes C D E
F chord which have the notes F A C
G chord which have the notes G B D
The C chord is the base tone, The F chord is the higher tone and G chord is the lower tone. The minor chord is A which has the notes A C E. There are many different keys but all of them will have 3 chords.

Answer 5

Usually it will go by the key the piece is in, but that thing is kind of arbitrary. Its not exactly a scientific system and a chord can have more than 1 name, but if you're familiar enough with what degree the notes are it doesn't really matter.

By degree, I mean the degree of the chromatic scale.

Answer 6

base note

Answer 7

b minor.

Answer 8

neither do I