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Summary: Learn about major chords in an A major scale on the flute with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
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Kiely Griffin Kiely Griffin is a third-year music management and jazz flute student at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT. She has previously served as vice pre... read more
We have now learned the notes of the A major scale. From the A major scale there are many ways to get familiar with the keys of A major. Chords are groups of 3 notes put together form the scale that make up a group of notes from the scale. We are going to look at some chords that are from the A major scale. The 1st chord we are going to look at starts on the 1st note of the A major scale. It outlines the 1st note, the 3rd note, and the 5th note 1,3,5 of the scale and puts together it makes a major scale. A major chord. A major chord has a interval of/put together of 2 3rds the 1st 3rd is a major 3rd which has 4 half steps. The 2nd 3rd is a minor 3rd which has 3 half steps. Let's look at the piano to understand major and minor 3rds. Starting on A we go to the 3rd note of the scale C sharp there are 1,2,3,4 half steps between these 2. A major 3rd. From the 3rd note of the scale C sharp to the 5th note E we have 1,2,3 half steps this is a minor 3rd. Put together this is a major chord I have spelled out the arpeggio which is the chord broken up of A major 1 chord. I will now play this on the flute. This is the 1 chord which is A major in A major.