Triad shapes on mandolin — hear the chord, find the shape — NoSheet

Build Shapes

Hear a chord and build it on your instrument. The root is given, so the work is hearing the quality — major or minor, and later the tetrad types — and placing the rest: basic shapes first, then the useful ones, then the inversions.

Triad Harmony

Hear, build, and identify major and minor triads harmonically, in various shapes. Major and minor triads are about 80% of the chords in popular music — the home base of harmony. Learn to tell major and minor apart by sound and to play them in the many ways.

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Triad Harmony

Hear, build, and identify major and minor triads harmonically, in various shapes. Major and minor triads are about 80% of the chords in popular music — the home base of harmony. Learn to tell major and minor apart by sound and to play them in the many ways.

Build Shapes. Hear a chord and build it on your instrument, root given How it works →

On the mandolin: four courses in fifths, G D A E, the first twelve frets.

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The same onguitar ukulele pianoOn the mandolinroot & fifth major pentatonic minor pentatonic major scale minor scale chromatic scale major triad minor triad triads in a major key triads in a minor key play over triads play over pentatonics chord progressions in C major chord progressions in D♭ major chord progressions in D major chord progressions in E♭ major chord progressions in E major chord progressions in F major chord progressions in F♯ major chord progressions in G major chord progressions in A♭ major chord progressions in A major chord progressions in B♭ major chord progressions in B major chord progressions in C minor chord progressions in D♭ minor chord progressions in D minor chord progressions in E♭ minor chord progressions in E minor chord progressions in F minor chord progressions in F♯ minor chord progressions in G minor chord progressions in A♭ minor chord progressions in A minor chord progressions in B♭ minor chord progressions in B minor chord progressions in C major in open voicings chord progressions in D♭ major in open voicings chord progressions in D major in open voicings chord progressions in E♭ major in open voicings chord progressions in E major in open voicings chord progressions in F major in open voicings chord progressions in F♯ major in open voicings chord progressions in G major in open voicings chord progressions in A♭ major in open voicings chord progressions in A major in open voicings chord progressions in B♭ major in open voicings chord progressions in B major in open voicings chord progressions in C minor in open voicings chord progressions in D♭ minor in open voicings chord progressions in D minor in open voicings chord progressions in E♭ minor in open voicings chord progressions in E minor in open voicings chord progressions in F minor in open voicings chord progressions in F♯ minor in open voicings chord progressions in G minor in open voicings chord progressions in A♭ minor in open voicings chord progressions in A minor in open voicings chord progressions in B♭ minor in open voicings chord progressions in B minor in open voicings chord progressions in C major in inversions chord progressions in D♭ major in inversions chord progressions in D major in inversions chord progressions in E♭ major in inversions chord progressions in E major in inversions chord progressions in F major in inversions chord progressions in F♯ major in inversions chord progressions in G major in inversions chord progressions in A♭ major in inversions chord progressions in A major in inversions chord progressions in B♭ major in inversions chord progressions in B major in inversions chord progressions in C minor in inversions chord progressions in D♭ minor in inversions chord progressions in D minor in inversions chord progressions in E♭ minor in inversions chord progressions in E minor in inversions chord progressions in F minor in inversions chord progressions in F♯ minor in inversions chord progressions in G minor in inversions chord progressions in A♭ minor in inversions chord progressions in A minor in inversions chord progressions in B♭ minor in inversions chord progressions in B minor in inversionsReadTriad Harmony