I am practicing triads (vertical, horicontal, same inversion) very excessively since 2 months. While I am playing the notes, I sing the note names at the same time (CEG, FAC...)
My question is: should I refer to the half-steps as flat or sharp? So for E Major should I sing 'E G-Sharp B' or 'E A-Flat B' ?
Many greetings from germany!
Yusuf
Generally E is conaidered a sharp key on the cycle of 5ths.
So usually in music when talking about an E triad we usually use the notes
E-G#-B
But its not wrong to also call G# also calll it Ab, they are the same note with 2 different ways of naming it. The fancy name for this is “enharmonic”.
All the triads are spelt this way in music:
CEG
DFA
EGB
FAC
GBD
ACE
BDF
it doesnt matter if the key is sharp or flat stick to these note names for the triads.
Fore example,
Take the triad E and the triad Eb
They are both spelt the same, but the notes are either sharp or flat but the letters remain the same
E triad = E-G#-B
Eb triad = Eb-G-Bb
Both are e-g-b
I hope this helps
and well done for working on your triads for 2 months, keep up the great work
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"Key of G (F#)
Key of D (F# & C#)
Key of A (F#, C# & G#)
Key of E (F#,C#,G# and D#)
"Key of F (Bb)
Key of Bb (Bb & Eb)
Key of Eb (Bb, Eb & Ab)
Key of Ab (Bb, Eb, Ab & Db)"
Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing!
Keys are not too hard!
Please enjoy!