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Aloysius · 08-26-2017, 07:34 AM

A major chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd and 5th scale degrees of a major scale. A minor chord has the 1st and 5th exactly like the major chord, but the third is flattened (i.e. a semitone lower).

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Aloysius Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 353	A major chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd and 5th scale degrees of a major scale. A minor chord has the 1st and 5th exactly like the major chord, but the third is flattened (i.e. a semitone lower).