QUOTE (jer @ Feb 28 2009, 04:11 PM)
I still don't know what that means.... If the notes of a major triad are the 1,3,5 how can I,IV,V have anything to do with it?
The I, IV and V refer to the postion that the notes in the scale fall on. Here is my assumption Jer:
At the I, IV and V postion there is ALWAYS a major triad and at the ii, iii and vi position there is ALWAYS a minor triad.
Do this. You know that D maj is spelled D-F#-A right?
Go to the I column and find D the look two spaces to the right guess what note it there? F#
Go to the IV column and find D then look two spaces to the right guess what? F# again
Go to the V column and find D then look two spaces to the right...TA DA...F# again.
That means in the major scale that whatever note fall in the I, IV or V postion, if you build a triad using that note as the root then it will ALWAYS be a major triad.
Same thing is true of the ii, iii and vi position
Dmin=D-F-A
Go to the ii column and find D, two spaces to the right and you have F.
Go to the iii column and find D, two spaces to the right you have F again.
Go to the vi column and find D, two spaces to the right.....F!!!
So in the major scale, if you build a triad using whatever note occurs at the ii, iii or vi position as the root, it will ALWAYS be minor.
So using the Chart....Whatever note falls on the I, IV or V position is the root of a major triad in that scale and whatever note falls on the ii, iii, or vi position is the root of a minor triad. Test the chart Jer and see if it isn't true.
Spell out E major and E minor. See if every time E is in the I, IV or V position if the note 2 spaces to the right isn't G#, and when is in the ii, iii or vi position if the note 2 spaces to the right isn't G. Test it.
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