Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour and Slash are just three of the countless fans of this staple minor mode. Here, Stuart Ryan takes you through the structure of the scale, plus a handful of chords, riffs an ...

Step 3: It sounds different due to the minor third interval between the D and the F. The quality of the third - major or minor - determines whether the triad is a major or minor chord. Here, the minor ...

Other triads and harmony. Of course, not all triads have to be chords of C major or minor. You can use the process, of selecting the 1st (root), 3rd, and 5th degree of either a major or minor scale, ...

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 1 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 8, 2025 at All About Jazz.

Triads can be indicated by Roman numerals of the degrees of the scale. In the jazz styles of Gershwin and Kern, the dominant seventh was often substituted with an augmented chord.This gave the ...

Triads can be indicated by Roman numerals of the degrees of the scale. In the jazz styles of Gershwin and Kern, the dominant seventh was often substituted with an augmented chord.This gave the ...