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How do you figure out major and minor triads for piano?

Q. I don't understand how you know when you have a flat or sharp in the major or minor triad. Can you give me an example? Maybe explain the A major and minor triads. I really don't understand that one.

A. A triad is built of two 3rds (intervals) that combine to make up a 5th.
in a minor this looks like A C E. the distance between A and C is a third and so is the distance between C and E. The distance between A and E is a 5th.

However, there are two different types of 3rds involved here.
In an a minor triad the first (lower) interval is a minor 3rd which is 3 half steps. The second is a Major 3rd which is 4 half steps. In order to change the minor triad to a Major you would sharp the C which would add a half step to the lower 3rd making it Major and the upper 3rd is minor since it lost a half step

Basically play a key on the piano, walk up 3 half steps and play that note, then another 4 half steps and play that note. There's your minor triad.

Now take the minor triad and bump the middle note up 1 half step and you've got a major triad.

**all this is referring to the tonic chord in root position, without any inversions

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How do you turn guitar chords into scales?
Q. If I play a chord, like F major and A minor, how do I know/find out what scale works for those two chords? I'm not entirely looking for the answer to this example, but I'm more interested in being "taught to fish" so to speak. Thanks.

A. youtube.

A scale has 8 notes in it, and three of them are in the chord that has it's name.. except if the chord's a minor..
Am uses the C scale, F uses the F scale, G uses the G scale.. Em uses the G scale too..

So..
The C scale is the notes c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c..
doh, re, mi fa so la ti doh..
These are the white notes on the piano, starting with the one that's just left of the group of two black ones..
The black notes in between are sharps or flats in the C scale..
So the piano goes
c, c#, d, d#, e, f, f#, g, g#, a, a#,.b, c...
Notice some of the notes don't have a sharp between them... true of any scale... the amount of space between each note in the scale is called the interval, most are two spaces, or semi tones.. some are one.. Each scale has the same pattern, starting with the name note of the scale..
For today... learn the C scale.. then go to youtube, and look for more.. or you can probably find diagrams.. and there are people who will show you places to put your hand to make scales...

A chord.. is the first, third and fifth note in the scale.. ie, in the C scale, the chord notes are C, E, G, repeated in the chord...

On the guitar, C is third fret on the fifth string [second fattest one] D is the fourth string open, E is fourth string second fret.. F is fourthe string third fret.. G is the third string, A is third string second fret, B is second string, and C is second string first fret....
Now... put a capo on the guitar, on the second fret, and play the same scale.. it's a D scale here... though you can to it without the capo...
D is the fourth string.. you can find the scale by counting up... the same intervals as in the c scale...
the intervals in semitones, starting from the name note..
D+2,+2+,1,+2,+2,+2,+1 will get you back to D... do it all on the D string... think of each fret as an interval, semi tone.. So.. D is open string.. next note.. 2nd fret..

Original Question

How do I know what notes to play on piano?
Q. I'm trying to write my own songs on the piano, I know about chord progressions but my problem is what notes do I hit are they random or if I'm playing a C chord am I only able to play C,E,G until I hit a new chord? does anybody have any links that will help me or anything?

A. Accidentals. They are various notes (only a few, otherwise you might as well switch between chords), that have the flat, sharp, or natural sign in fornt of them, that are not part of the chord.

Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidental_(music)

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