Minor Triads

Overview

Link to Experience: https://play.phenomena.app/player/iJMwCWA1zuNE7Uida7wW

Topics: music theory, chords, minor triads, intervals

Grades: any

Duration to complete: 10-15 minutes

Learning outcome: Students will be familiar with the sound of a minor triad, and will be able to name the 3 notes in any minor triad, given the root note.

In the Classroom

Pre-Experience (Things to Look Out For):

• What do you know about triads?

• Would you guess that minor chords sound bright and joyful, or dark and melancholy?

Post-Experience (Things to Think About):

• What are some adjectives you would use to describe how minor chords sound?

• What note intervals always make up a minor triad?

• Which interval differs between major and minor triads?

• What do you anticipate being different for other chord types? What could be the same?