|20: What is the difference between a chord in major and a chord
in minor?| Question: What is the difference between a chord in
major and a chord in minor? - T.B. Answer: A major triad is a
perfect fifth combined with a major third (4 halfsteps) above
the lowest note. Example: C-E-G. A minor triad is the same but
the third is minor (3 halfsteps). Example: C-Eb-G. Rearranging
the notes doesn't change their basic nature: E-G-C is still a
major triad but it's "inverted." Most of the music we listen to
is basically major and minor triads in succession with various
added tones like sevenths, plus decorations and connecting
tones. Either kind of triad could be found in both major and
minor keys. In the key of A minor the chord built on the tonic
note A is a minor triad (A-C-E), while the chord built on the
third note of the scale is major (C-E-G). In the key of C major
it's the major triad C-E-G that is built on the tonic note,
while the triad built on the 6th note is minor (A-C-E). When you
hear a piece in A minor