Week 4: The Natural Triads through all 4 Qualities

But that's no excuse for you not to work on your music theory

Greetings class.

But take advantage of today and make sure you understand everything up to and including the Triads.

Don't go to the Harmonic Minor yet. Just build and understand the triads built upon the Major Scale and the Pure Minor scale. For now that just means C Major and a minor.

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE

               NATURA L TRIADS


MAJOR                                   MINOR


CEG                                     ace
FAC                                     dfa
GBD                                    egb

.

Diminished

bdf                            



EXERCISE

start with any of the natural triads, and using accidentals, so whatever you need to do (except change the root of the triad, the bottom tone from which you derive the name) to make them

diminished      minor    major    augmented


Obviously there is one category for which you won't have to do anything right? The Cmajor Triad is already major...


So for the CEG Triad:

c eb gb    (diminished)

c  eb  g  (minor)

C E G   (major)

C E G#   (Augmented)

do the same for d minor triad (dfa), G Major (GBD), etc...

You should have your natural triads in your cheat sheets, and you should have what constitutes all for possible triad qualities (major, minor, etc) in your cheat sheets.

Someone should spend a little time with Mr. Ademola and make sure he understands how to construct half-steps and whole-steps, and see how he's coming along with recognizing  the notes on the G Cleff. Maybe some of you will have some advice on how to make it easier- this stuff is like learning a new language so don't be at all embarrassed when you don't get something. However, unlike language- the music theory is eminently LOGICAL. Once you get the logic of it the rest is just familiarity.

If I don't get there in time- good luck- don't waste the hours on Facebook.