Types of triads

There's only four triads: Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished. These four triad types are the basis for nearly every chord you'll encounter. If you can immediately identify these four triads, once you add 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths to the triad, it will be significantly easier to navigate these sounds.

1. What are the 4 types of triads?
2. What are the seven triads?
3. What are the three basic triads?
4. What are the two most common types of triads?

What are the 4 types of triads?

If triads are formed on the basis of the major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales, then these triads will be of four types: major, minor, augmented, and diminished. (You can read more about augmented and diminished triads in the Sonic Glossary entry Third.)

What are the seven triads?

Basics of the Seven Triads of the Major Scale on the Guitar

• G: G-B-D, G major.
• A: A-C-E, A minor.
• B: B-D-Fs, B minor.
• C: C-E-G, C major.
• D: D-Fs-A, D major.
• E: E-B-G, E minor.
• Fs: Fs-A-B, Fsminorf5 (also called a diminished triad)

What are the three basic triads?

Triad, in music, a chord made up of three tones, called chord factors, of the diatonic scale: root, third, and fifth.

What are the two most common types of triads?

• Major Triads are probably one of the most common types of triad chords.
• C major triad.
• You can also have Minor Triads.
• C minor triad.
• Diminished Triads are a lot less common but you will come across them from time to time.
• C diminished triad.
• The last type of triad is the Augmented Triad.
• C augmented triad.