Major and Minor Chords

Learn about major and minor chords: understand consonance and dissonance

🎵 Stage Brief #2

Dissonance is when notes clash and create tension.

🎯 Your mission

Train your ear to hear what's hiding underneath.

⚡ The twist

Major sounds bright. Minor sounds soft. Both are beautiful.

What you'll learn

Dissonance is when notes clash and create tension. Consonance is when notes blend smoothly. Music needs both.

Remember

🎧 Listen

Listen for this

🎧 Listen for the SECOND voice underneath the main one.

🎼 Notes on the staff

Tap a note to hear it

🌟 Artist spotlight

🌟 Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys layered up to 30 voices on a single song.

🤯 Mind = blown

🤯 Your brain can hear an out-of-tune note even if you've never had a music lesson.

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What is harmony?

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What is a chord progression?

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What is an interval?

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✨ More to explore

🌍 Where you hear this: The reason songs make you feel things is harmony doing its quiet job underneath.

🏆 Try this week: Listen to any song. Try to hear the bass line.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “Play one song together. Talk about what feeling it gave you and why.”

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