[musictlk] Chord chart

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
in Braille the number sign is just a number sign in computer Braille.
The # is the sharp and the b is the flat.
d, f#, a
d natural, f sharp, a natural.

I probably should have asked if you know the chromatic scale?
thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs

On 2/15/2014 10:43 AM, marissa wrote:
>
> I have no clue how to write that.  But, when you say like an eb or fb 
> or something like that, is the b the flat or the sharp?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
> To: Music Talk Mailing List <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:36:31 -0800
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Chord chart
>
> Hello,
> You don't really need one, just know the intervals
> major third minor third is a major
> minor third major third is a minor
> for example:
> c, e, g = major third, minor third (c, e = major third), (e, g = minor
> third).
> c, eb, g = minor third, major third.  (c, eb = minor third), (eb, g =
> major third).
> Don't just use your tts and scroll over those descriptions, read them
> letter by letter or they won't make sense.
> From what you gave as an example, you are getting lost with inversions
> as well.
> Each chord is basically 3 notes, and they are bassed off something
> called a "root".  This "root" is what we say when we reference the chord:
> "C minor chord, G major chord, E major chord..."
> The root is what we base everything off of.  The other notes can be
> either above or below the root in the scale, so the chord can be: e, c,
> g or g, e, c or g, c, e or any order you can think of.
> But when you are trying to figure out a chord, you pick apart the notes
> and put them into what we call root position.  That is:
> c, e, g
> In root position you have 2 3rds of some quality stacked on top of one
> another.
> Try and process the above and really understand it, because all chords
> are based off 3rds in some way.  They are all stacked 3rds.
> Once you get that idea, you can move to using the thought that a triad
> is composed of a root, a 3rd and a 5th.  That means that from the root, a
> triad has a note that is both a 3rd above it and a note that is a 5th
> above it.  So a triad is both 2 3rds stacked on top of one another and it
> is a 3rd and a 5th above the base.  Most musicians think of chords as a
> 3rd and 5th above the base.  That is because when you move to non root
> position chords, (e, g, c) you look at the bottom note which is actually
> called the bass.  So in a root position chord you have the root as "the
> bass" in the chord (e, g, c), you have the e as "the bass".
> When referencing the chord you only need to know the root, bass and
> quality in order to tell someone what to play on the piano.  A chord in
> this format is:
> G root position minor chord.
> Root position is often just referenced as "G minor" rather than saying
> "G root position minor".
> With E in the bass on a c chord, we call it "first inversion". That
> means that:
> bass = e
> root = c
> quality = major
> so you would say: "c first inversion major chord".
> This holds true for all triads.
> If you have g in the bass on the above c major chord, it would be called
> "second inversion".  So you would say "c second inversion major chord".
> bass = g
> root = c
> quality = major
> There are other chords that add extra notes in thirds above the 5th, so
> you have something like: "c, e, g, b" and that is called a C7 chord.  But
> don't worry about those right now.  Just get the 2 main qualities, major
> and minor and that all chords are 3rds stacked on top of one another
> which is also known as a root, 3rd and 5th.
> The major chord is exactly the same as the minor chord, but the 3rd is a
> half step down in the minor chord from the major chord.
> so write back with your own chord chart based off the above description.
> I'll give you an example:
> c, e, g = c root position major chord
> c, eb, g = c root position minor chord
> c#, e#, g# = c# root position major chord
> c#, e, g# = c# root position minor chord
> d, f#, a = d root position major chord
> d, f, a = d root position minor chord
> ...
> Hope this helps!
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
>
> On 2/15/2014 6:55 AM, marissa wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone have a chord chart? A basic one that explains the chords,
> minor and major? Like this:
>
> c chord, c e g.
> g minor chord: g d b
> Wrong notes, I know.
>
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