So G major, for example has a key signature ... The characteristics of these minor scales mean that triads based on these degrees of the scale make different kinds of chords.

The shapes, both major and minor ... try to play every note in a scale simultaneously, so why not apply this attitude to the CAGED chord shapes and strip the C, G and D chords down to single ...

If viewed within the bewildering context of the history of western music, the triad is one of the absolute bedrocks of all the harmony that we hear, and despite its roots back to classical music ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor ... For example, G7 is made by taking the major triad of G (G - B - D) and adding an F (G - B - D - F). A cadence is formed by ...