What is a chord in music?
Q: What is a chord in music?
A: A chord in music is when two or more notes are played together.
Q: What is a tonic triad?
A: A tonic triad is a chord which is built up of the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of a scale.
Q: How can chords be played on instruments?
A: Chords can be played on instruments such as piano, keyboard, organ, harp, guitar, harmonica, ukulele and xylophone. Chords with two notes can also be played on string instruments by bowing on two strings together and some players of wind instruments are able to make chords by playing two or more harmonics together.
Q: Is it possible to play chords with only two notes?
A: Yes, when only two notes are played together it’s more often called “double stops” referring to the different banks of pipes on a pipe organ controlled by valves called “stops”.
Q: Are major and minor chords made from major and minor scales respectively?
A: Yes, if the chord is made from a major scale it will be a major chord and if it's made from a minor scale it will be a minor chord.
Q: Does any combination of notes count as a chord?
A: Yes, any combination of notes played simultaneously is considered to be a chord.
