What Are Primary Chords?
Primary Chords are chords formed by playing a major chord on the 1st, 4th and 5th notes of the major scale of any key. This could also be referred to as primary triads. In solfa notation ( Doh, Fah and Soh)
Triads are Chords that are made up of only three notes. We will in-depth to talk about triads in subsequent lessons.
• Let's take an example with the Key of C.
The three primary chords in the key of C are being formed in the 1st, 4th and 5th note of C major scale and these are (C, F and G).
Now let's form the chords.
1st Degree - C (C E G)
4th Degree - F (F A C)
5th Degree - G (G B D)
• Let's take another example with the key of C#.
The primary chords in key C# are formed on the 1st, 4th and 5th note of C# major scale and these are (C#, F# and G#).
Now let's form the chords.
1st Degree - C# (C# F G#)
4th Degree - F# (F# A# C#)
5th Degree - G# (G# C D#)
• Let's take another example with the key of D.
The primary chords in key D are formed on the 1st, 4th and 5th note of C# major scale and these are (D, G and A).
Now let's form the chords.
1st Degree - D (D F# A )
4th Degree - G (G B D)
5th Degree - A (A C# E)
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