Simple Music Reading/ Writing Question

[curtis]

So I am learning to read music. And by default you learn to write down music. I play alot of guitar and tried to write some of the songs down. Howdo you write "A minor" or any other minor chord as a note?
also D7th
stuff like that.
Thanx

[ksnmohan]

Hallo Curtis,

I hope that you are talking about the basic "TRIAD" chord - not the more complicated ones.

As you would have learnt, a minor chord is any chord which has a minor third above its root. 

So the A minor Chord  is the three-note chord made up of a the root (A), minor third (C) and perfect fifth (D) above the root.  If the root is C, the minor chord will consist of the notes C, E flat and G.

These are also known as minor triads.

All you have to show is the 3 notes, arranged vertically one above the other, on the staves.

A nice illustration is available at

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Minor_chord_root_and_inversions.PNG

Prof K S Narayanan
Musicologist, Composer, Teacher
Chennai, India

[ksnmohan]

Hallo Curtis,

I hope that you are talking about the basic "TRIAD" chord - not the more complicated ones.

As you would have learnt, a minor chord is any chord which has a minor third above its root. 

So the A minor Chord  is the three-note chord made up of a the root (A), minor third (C) and perfect fifth (D) above the root.  If the root is C, the minor chord will consist of the notes C, E flat and G.

These are also known as minor triads.

All you have to show is the 3 notes, arranged vertically one above the other, on the staves.

A nice illustration is available at

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Minor_chord_root_and_inversions.PNG

Prof K S Narayanan
Musicologist, Composer, Teacher
Chennai, India

[ksnmohan]

Hallo Curtis,

Sorry, I missed your short last line re D7. It was almost invisible.

The D7 chord (D-F#-A-C) has to be shown with these 4 notes one above the other.

My last message has been recorded twice in the Forum. There was a Network problem. Sorry about that as well.

Prof Narayanan

 

[curtis]

thank you that was spot on. Exactly what i was lookingfor.
I am new to reading music.
Thanx again

[pianohenry]

So the A minor Chord  is the three-note chord made up of a the root (A), minor third (C) and perfect fifth (D) above the root.

EH? fifth = E.

schoolboy error!

[ksnmohan]

Hi pianohenry!

Thanks for pointing out. And to curtis my apologies for this.

This is the problem when one types in a hurry with the lights off (main power supply frequently going off in the Monsoon rains currently lashing Chennai) but the Computer is still running on the last stages of its UPS.

On the computer keyboard, the D hapens to be  just below the E.

So more a "typo error."

Incidentally, have you noticed that on the computer keyboard the letters C, D and E are arranged in a rising order on the same (slanted) vertical line, F & G are adjacent (same horizontal line). Only A stands apart, first in its row (perhaps because of its special function in the basic tuning!), and hence the chain connecting it with B (directly belowG) is broken.

Again sorry for the mis-type!

Prof Narayanan