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     • The difference between a major and minor chord comes down to one, simple change: the 3rd in a scale. A major chord contains the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale. A minor chord contains the 1st, flattened (lowered) 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale that it’s named for.
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   What is the difference between a major and a minor chord?

   • The difference between a major and minor chord comes down to one, simple change: the 3rd in a scale. A major chord contains the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale. A minor chord contains the 1st, flattened (lowered) 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale that it’s named for.

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   What is a minor chord?

   • A minor chord contains the 1st, flattened (lowered) 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale that it’s named for. When trying to determine what is the difference between major and minor scales and chords, you can apply this formula to figure out the notes in any major or minor scale.

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   What is the difference between major third vs minor third?

   • It’s the “third” that is different between the two chord types: major third vs. minor third. To illustrate this point, look at the following chord shapes. Notice how the major vs. minor version of each chord is different by only one note: This “different” note is the major third (in major chords) and minor third (in minor chords).

   Major vs. Minor Chords - Song Notes

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   Can a minor chord be applied to a major scale?

   • Taking this back to the major scale, we can also apply the minor chord formula to the major scale. For a minor chord, you play the 1st, lowered 3rd (down one semitone) and 5th notes of the major scale. That means whatever the third note of the scale is, you take it down by one semitone. Let's take the Cm or C minor chord as an example.

   Major Vs Minor Chords in Piano: What to Learn & What's Different

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   What is the root note of F minor?

   • You may have noticed that the root note of the relative minor (F minor) above is three piano keys below the relative major (A ♭ major). This is true in any key: If you have a major chord, go three piano keys down to find the relative minor. If you have a minor chord, go three piano keys up to find the relative major.

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   How do you play a minor chord?

   • For a minor chord, you play the 1st, lowered 3rd (down one semitone) and 5th notes of the major scale. That means whatever the third note of the scale is, you take it down by one semitone. Let's take the Cm or C minor chord as an example. C and G are the same as the C major chord. But E gets lowered to Eb to make it minor.

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   The difference between a major and minor chord comes down to one, simple change: the 3rd in a scale. A major chord contains the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale. A minor chord contains the 1st, flattened (lowered) 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale that it’s named for.

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   Jun 7, 2024 · But what’s the difference between major and minor chords? The first difference is technical: how you play them. The second is human: how the chords “sound” to us as listeners.

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   Jan 10, 2023 · What’s the difference between major and minor chords? How do you know which one to use? This lesson will show you how to form a major and minor chord on ANY key on the piano, and how to train your ear so that you can hear the difference and be able to identify the chords.

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   Aug 10, 2021 · Learn the Difference Between Major Chords vs. Minor Chords. Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Aug 10, 2021 • 7 min read. Instrumental music consists of three principal elements: rhythm, melody, and harmony. The last of these elements—harmony—is represented via chords.

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   Major chords have a slightly different chord formula to minor chords. The major chord is played with a major third while the minor chord is played with a minor third. Major chords tend to sound happy and minor chords tend to sound sadder. You should learn all major chords and all minor chords.

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   Major vs. Minor Chords. Big picture, there are two different types of chords you’ll run into when learning guitar — which are major and minor. There are other flavors to chords we’ll get to in future lessons: 7th chords, sus chords, power chords, etc.

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    Oct 7, 2014 · Major and minor chords are both triads: a root note, a third, and a fifth. Major chords have a major third, four semitones above the root. Minor chords have a minor third, three semitones above the root. The fifth is usually a perfect fifth, seven semitones above the root.