You will notice that if you move the shape of the triad up and down your musical keyboard, you will find other nice sounding chords/triads, which remain associated with your home key of C major.

A slash chord such as A/B features a triad over a non-root bass note. In this case, an A major with a B in the bass (check out Examples 1 and 2 below). A polychord contains two complete triads ...

In the key of C, these are the chords of C, F and G. They are also sometimes called I, IV and V (for first, fourth and fifth in Roman numerals), or primary triads.

Triads are also exceptionally useful for forming a basic harmonic structure, if sketching out a song or composition. You will notice that if you move the shape of the triad up and down your musical ...

Of course, not all triads have to be chords of C major or minor. You can use the process, of selecting the 1st (root), 3rd, and 5th degree of either a major or minor scale, to construct any triad, in ...