Lesson 100: Triads, 3 notes, 3 inversions, 18 melodies

Triads are central to music, harmony and melody. In this video I outline how I like to practice, think of and work with triads.
Here's a link to the blog post: mattotto.org/5...
A continual study of triads helps to build an ever strengthening grasp of the underlying structure of both melody and harmony. Using this simple approach will help you explore all the types and inversions of triads as well as the 6 ways in which you order the notes.
There are 4 basic triad types.
Major (1-3-5 or C-E-G)
Minor (1-b3-5 or C-Eb-G)
Diminished (1-b3-b5 or C-Eb-Gb)
Augmented (1-3-#5 or C-E-G#)
Beyond that any group of 3 notes could arguably be called at “triad”. We’ll just be looking at the basic 4 types.
Next, there are 3 basic inversions.
Root Position (The note C or the Root is in the lowest Voice 1-3-5 or C-E-G)
1st Inversion (The note E or the 3rd is in the lowest Voice 3-5-1 or E-G-C)
2nd Inversion (The note G or the 5th is in the lowest Voice 5-1-3 or G-C-E)
Last there are 6 orders of notes. This is often the part that is overlooked in triad study. (6 note orders for each of the 3 inversions - a total of 18 melodic structures for each triad type).
1-3-5
1-5-3
3-1-5
3-5-1
5-1-3
5-3-1

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