How to Play Chords on a Flute in G Flat: Part 1

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We have now learned the G flat major scale. Let's take a look at some of the sounds that can come out of the G flat major scale and how it is used in music. For example we have chords. A chord is a group of 3 or more notes from a scale that are put together. The first chord that we are going to look at from G flat major is the 1 chord, it is found off of the first note of the scale or G flat. Let's take a look. You can come over and see that the chord has 3 notes the 1st note of the scale, the 3rd note of the scale, and the 5th note of the scale. I have broken it out to playing each note separately, this is called a arpeggio. Let's listen to the arpeggio. Arpeggios are what make up chords, there is a distance between them. You have a major 3rd which is between the 1st and the 3rd note. A major 3rd is a interval which is defined by how many half steps in between. A major 3rd has 4 half steps. On top of the major 3rd we have a minor 3rd from B flat to D flat. A minor 3rd has 3 half steps. This is what makes up a major chord. Let's look at the piano to see what major and minor 3rds look like. Starting on G flat we can move up 1,2,3,4 half steps to B flat. 1st note and 3rd note of this scale major 3rd. From E flat to D flat we have 1,2,3 half steps that is a minor 3rd. This is a G flat major chord all played together.

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