About Minor Chords in Bb (B Flat) on the Flute

Video Transcript

"Then the 5th is added in to make the chord from D the 3rd note to F the 5th note it has 1,2,3 half steps. This make it a minor triad. Triad is the distance between these intervals. When you play it all together you get a major chord. If you made a chord that started on the 2nd note of the scale which is C you would get a minor chord. This is because a minor chord has a minor triad 3 half steps and then a major triad 4 half steps on the top. Let's look at the triads C to E flat is a minor 3rd. E flat to G is a major 3rd. You can hear the quality. Let's hear the arpeggio broken up. That is the minor chord coming out of the major scale. We have just learned about major chords that comes from a major scale which starts on 1 and a minor chord that comes from the B flat major scale that starts on 2. "