About Major Chords in A Major on the Flute

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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.

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