- Two or more intervals sounding together form a chord - Pitches in a chord usually sound all at once but my also appear in succession - Three-note chords that can be represented as two-thirds are called triads - When triads spell in thirds, the interval between the root and fifth - is a fifth - Middle pitch is a third - When the root is the lowest pitch, the triad is in root position
Triad Qualities in Major Keys - Roman numerals are a way of labeling both a chord's scale-degree position and quality - Capital letters indicate a Major triad -------- lowercase indicates minor