Major and minor triads

A triad is a chord with three notes, the most basic triad consists of  a root, a third, and a fifth. This chord will be built on either all lines or all spaces in a row. Triads will either be Major, minor, diminished, and augmented. Sound familiar? Today we'll start with the first two, Major and minor.

Major Triads

They are built from a root, a Major third, and a perfect fifth above the root. There are three occurring triads in a Major key, built on the first, fourth, and fifth degrees. These triads sound bright and happy.

C Major Triad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C_major_triad.png

Minor Triads

The are built from a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth above the root. Again there are three naturally occurring triads in a minor key, but built on the second, third and sixth degrees. They sound much darker than Major triads.

D minor Triad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D_minor_triad.png