Every song is about the chords, dumb ass. Even the riffs are about the chords.
Even I know that - Some of our RW pals here are not the sharpest tools.
As always, what you "know" is the opposite of reality.
Most instruments don't have chords, DeRpHate.
A few percussion instruments such as guitar and piano have adapted key notes from scales to be played simultaneously as chords. Chords are an expression of a scale, always.
You two morons are something else, reveling in your ignorance.
Sorry, I went through 2 semesters of college choir and music theory, 4 years of community theater including musical direction, and play a decent guitar and better piano.
Scales are a progression of a chord - ALWAYS with improvised alterations.
Ted Nugent plays like a 12 year old - Sloppy with runs hanging on one of the 3-4 chords he actually knows.
Actually check that - There are FAR better 12 year olds
You are a petulant little **** who is such a hack you'd stick an ice pick in your ears to defame a political enemy.
Now as for your attempt to bullshit, not gunna fly hack.
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Characteristics[edit]
Within the
diatonic scale, every chord has certain characteristics, which include:
- Number of pitch classes (distinct notes without respect to octave) that constitute the chord.
- Scale degree of the root note
- Position or inversion of the chord
- General type of intervals it appears constructed from—for example seconds, thirds, or fourths
- Counts of each pitch class as occur between all combinations of notes the chord contains
Number of notes[edit]
Number of notes Name Alternate name
1
Monad Monochord
2
Dyad Dichord
3
Triad Trichord
4
Tetrad Tetrachord
5
Pentad Pentachord
6
Hexad Hexachord
7
Heptad Heptachord
8
Octad Octachord
9
Ennead Nonachord
10
Decad Decachord
Two-note combinations, whether referred to as chords or intervals, are called
dyads. Chords constructed of three notes of some underlying
scale are described as
triads. Chords of four notes are known as
tetrads, those containing five are called
pentads and those using six are
hexads. Sometimes the terms
trichord,
tetrachord,
pentachord, and
hexachord are used—though these more usually refer to the pitch classes of any scale, not generally played simultaneously. Chords that may contain more than three notes include
pedal point chords, dominant seventh chords, extended chords, added tone chords,
clusters, and polychords.
Polychords are formed by two or more chords superimposed.
[31] Often these may be analysed as extended chords; examples include
tertian,
altered chord,
secundal chord,
quartal and quintal harmony and
Tristan chord). Another example is when G7(♯11♭9) (G–B–D–F–A♭–C♯) is formed from G major (G–B–D) and D♭ major (D♭–F–A♭).
[32] A
nonchord tone is a
dissonant or unstable tone that lies outside the chord currently heard, though often
resolving to a chord tone.
[33]
Scale degree[edit]
Roman numeral Scale degree
I tonic
ii
supertonic
iii
mediant
IV
subdominant
V
dominant
vi
submediant
viio / ♭VII leading tone /
subtonic

C major scale
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info)
In the key of
C major the first degree of the scale, called the
tonic, is the note
C itself, so a
C major chord, a triad built on the note
C, may be called the
one chord of that key and notated in Roman numerals as
I. The same
C major chord can be found in other scales: it forms chord
III in the key of
A minor (
A–
B–
C) and chord
IV in the key of
G major (
G–A–B–C). This numbering lets us see the job a chord is doing in the current key and tonality.
Many analysts use lower-case Roman numerals to indicate minor triads and upper-case for major ones, and
degree and
plus signs (
o and
+ ) to indicate diminished and augmented triads respectively. Otherwise all the numerals may be upper-case and the qualities of the chords inferred from the scale degree. Chords outside the scale can be indicated by placing a flat/sharp sign before the chord—for example, the chord of
E♭ major in the key of
C major is represented by
♭III. The tonic of the scale may be indicated to the left (e.g.
F♯:) or may be understood from a key signature or other contextual clues. Indications of inversions or added tones may be omitted if they are not relevant to the analysis. Roman numerals indicate the root of the chord as a
scale degree within a particular major key as follows}
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