Chords
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What is a Chord?
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What is a Chord?
Three or more notes simultaneously sounded form a chord. Traditionally, chords have been built by superimposing two or more thirds.
Chords are created with the notes of a scale. Here we show the three note chords or triads created with the notes of the C major scale: