A major chord uses the first, third and fifth notes of the major scale. In minor chords, the 3rd interval is lowered by a semitone, taking you to a note that’s not found in the scale: in the key of A ...

This first chord is a nice, easy fingering for C/G. ... Play a first-finger barre, then use a spare finger to raise the minor 3rd to make a major chord in this minor tuning. 4. G.

Rachmaninov - Prelude in C sharp minor. The young Rachmaninov knocked out this pianistic pinnacle aged just 19 years old. ... Unbelievably, the chords are so thick in the prelude's main theme that ...

One of the performances was by pianist Joja Wendt, who blew our minds with this improvisation on Rachmaninov's ferocious Prelude in C sharp minor, touching on jazz and rock influences. He even used a ...