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Learn the two basic shapes of chords on a piano (minor and major triads). Then move those shapes around the keyboard and look for combination that you like.

When you have 4-8 chords in a pattern, try recording and looping them.

This will be the basis for your composition. With this in place, you can experiment either with other virtual instruments to improvise a melody, use a beat machine to make a drum pattern underneath, etc etc.

A good way of inventing melodies would be singing them first.

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Are minor triads and minor chords interchangeable?

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Yes! Of course

A minor chord IS a minor triad, just like a major chord IS a major triad.

There are 4 basic chord types:

Major — consisting of a minor 3rd stacked on top of a major one

for example: a C major chord is constructed with the notes C - E - G. From C to E you have a major 3rd, from E to G you have a minor 3rd

Minor — consisting of a major 3rd stacked on top of a minor one

for example: a C minor chord is constructed with the notes C - D# - G. From C to D# you have a minor 3rd, from D# to G you have a major 3rd

Augmented — consisting of two major 3rds stacked on each other

for example: a C Augmented chord is constructed with the notes C - E - G#. From C to E you have a major 3rd, from E to G# you have another major 3rd

Diminished — consisting of two minor 3rds stacked on each other

for example: a C Diminished chord is constructed with the notes C - D# - F#. From C to D# you have a minor 3rd, from D# to F# you have another minor 3rd


All other chords (like minor 7th, major 7th, etc) are just stacking more minor/major triads on top of the four types I explained above.
The difference are "suspended" chords, where you don't use the minor/major 3rd that gives a chord it's minor/major flavour, and substituting it with some other note of your choice. They are then designated as for instance "Csus4" — meaning that the major/minor 3rd is substituted with the 4th, which in the case of the C scale would be the note F.
So the notes in a basic Csus4 chord would be C - F - G


This might seem confusing if you're reading this without a keyboard under your fingers. But as soon as you sit down and actually play the chords I explained here, it will be very clear — you usually just move one finger one key up or down.

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