Close your eyes and listen to the differences between the two chords. But if you play back and forth between augmented and diminished chords in the same key, you will hear a striking difference in sound. At first you may confuse it with the diminished chord. When you play augmented chords, you will notice its unique sonic character. This creates an augmented 5th between the bottom and top notes. When it comes to augmented triads, you have two major thirds on the top and bottom. Play a major, minor and then diminished chord in the key of your choice and see if you can discern the differences in the sound. A diminished chord has a strange quality to it that certainly distinguishes itself from the minor and major chords because of the diminished 5th created by the outer notes of the chord. The diminished chord has two minor thirds – making it a smaller chord. When it comes to augmented and diminished chords, many people find it difficult to tell them apart at first. Telling the difference between major and minor by ear is something most people can distinguish by ear rather quickly. Close your eyes and listen – you will start to be able to tell the difference just by the sound. See if you can identify the differences in sonority. Now try playing a major and minor chord in a different key. Try playing the C major chord and the C minor chord one after the other. The minor chord tends to evoke more melancholy emotions. Compare that to a minor chord (which has a minor third on the bottom and a major third on top) and the sound difference is very noticeable. It’s something you’ve heard countless times and it produces a happy sound. The major triad produces a pleasing sound.
So in the key of C major, the major triad is composed of: C, E & G. To put it in simpler terms, the first, third and fifth notes of any major scale. Let’s start out with the most popular chord of all time, the major triad – three notes arranged in thirds with a major third on the bottom and a minor third on top. Listening is very helpful for this subject, so watching the accompanying video is highly recommended.
CHORD QUALITY EAR TRAINER HOW TO
Today we are going to explore how to tell the differences between chords from their sound. In an earlier video we talked about how to identify the differences in chords through their construction. Today we are going to talk about a very important subject and something that is indispensable for every musician – identifying chords by ear.
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