Re:Show HN: Scale Heaven – Browse and play any scale/chord, ...
by holy_city on Friday October 04, 2019 @12:46PM
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Yes, my preferred way of looking at chords is superimposed intervals. The four chord qualities (major, minor, augmented, diminished) are built like:
- Diminished: Minor Third + Minor Third
- Minor: Minor 3rd + Major Third
- Major: Major 3rd + Minor Third
- Augmented: Major Third + Major Third
With the intervals being between the tonic and third, third and fifth. So for your example, that would be A, C, Eb as a diminished triad.
E.g., an example of a minor 3rd would be an A and the first C above that A? E.g., on violin could play the A the first A on the D string and the C the first C on A string?