Building Triads on Notes of a Scale: Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant etc.

It's another day for piano lessons. Parents can learn common music terms along with their children so that they can have more meaningful conversations about music making and practicing.  CMajor will talk about this and more!  Thank you for listening. In this episode, CMajor talks about building triads on notes of a scale.  What's a triad? In beginner's language, the name 'triad' may remind you of something that involves 'three' of something, i.e. tricycle, triangle or as one of my students pointed out...triceratops.  In any case, the Ancient Greek word fo 'tri' means 'three'.  When the 1st, 3rd & 5th degrees of a scale sound together, we can count one-two-three and call that a triad.  Try playing tonic triads in the key of C for practice--C-E-G in various octaves on the piano.  And, then practice writing down these on a staff with treble and bass clefs.  Have fun!  Thank you for listening to the podcast.  We'll see you all soon.