From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
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Triads and progressions
From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
Triads and progressions
- By playing the first, third, and fifth note of the major scale, you can make a major triad. You can make any major triad, by constructing the scale first, and then playing the first, third, and fifth notes. Let me show you another way to make a major triad. Choose any note as the root. I'm going to play C. Count up two whole steps, one, two, for the third, which is E. And then count up another one and a half steps. Here's a half, and then an whole step, to G, and that' the fifth. (chord plays) Now let's try a major triad on G. G is the root. We're going to count up two whole steps. G to A, A to B, B is the third, and then another step and a half from C to D, D is the fifth. (chord plays) Let's do one more triad, on D. D is the root. Two whole steps up will bring you to F#, and then a step and half, for the fifth, is A. (chord plays) Let me show you how to play the one, five-seven, chord progression easily. We'll start with a C major triad, our one chord. (chord plays) The one, and…
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