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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Most likely to encounter are triads. These are three-note chords and there are two main types.Major triads sound “happy.” The middle note can be calculated by counting four half-steps up from the root (bottom) note and the top note can be found by counting three half-steps up from the middle note.Minor triads sound “sad.” The middle note can be calculated by counting three half-steps up from the root (bottom) note and the top note can be found by counting four half-steps up from the middle note.Chord ProgressionsThe magic of chords happen when we play several in a row, forming a chord progression.Chord progressions harmonize and move a piece of music forward. You may be surprised to learn that in virtually all of Western music history — from J.S. Bach to Justin Bieber — is based off similar chord progressions.To see this in action, check out this video (You Love Classical Music – You Just Don’t Know It!).Once you’re comfortable playing a few chords, check out the I-V-vi-IV progression, which will unlock hundreds (not an exaggeration!) of songs.6.2 How to Use Chord ChartsA chord chart is a document that shows a song’s lyrics with the names of chords above the lyrics as the chords change.Knowing how to read and play from a chord chart will take you far. That’s because these days, you can find the chord chart of almost any pop song on Ultimate-Guitar.com for free.Screenshot of the chord chart for “Yesterday” by the Beatles (source).Major chords are indicated by just their letter, like C for C major or F for F major. “Yesterday” begins with a simple F major chord.Minor chords will have a lowercase “m,” such as the Dm and Em7 chords in “Yesterday.” You can play a lot of songs with just major and minor chords, but other types of chords add color to music.Slash ChordsA slash chord, like F/E in “Yesterday,” means you play the note after the slash as your bass note while your right hand plays the chord F on top.Seventh ChordsStandard major and minor chords like Em have a root, third, and fifth (E-G-B). Seventh chords like Em7 have an added seventh (E-G-B-D).Seventh chords have a dreamier sound and are often used in jazz piano.Sus ChordsNo, sus chords are not suspicious. “Sus” means “suspended” and it’s when you switch out a note for another. So Gsus4 would mean switching out the third (B)
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