The note interval name for the 3rd note / scale degree is therefore minor, also called m3 for short. The 5th note name - Eb is used, and the chord note spelling is 5. It is in upper case to denote that the chord is a major chord. So for a 1st inversion, take the root of the triad chord in root position from the step above - note Ab, and move it up one octave (12 notes) so it is the last (highest) note in the chord. Here are both of the above chords on the piano: the 3rd is a major, minor etc. Looking at the Triad chord table, the name of the triad chord quality having minor(m3) and perfect(P5) note intervals is minor. The final chord note names and note interval links are shown in the table below. A major triad has a major third (M3) on the bottom, a minor third (m3) on top, and a perfect fifth (P5) between the outer notes. The audio files below play every note shown on the piano above, so middle C (marked with an orange line at the bottom) is the 2nd note heard. The diminished symbol 'o' is placed after the roman numerals to indicate this is a diminished chord. Repeating this for the 5th note / scale degree, the distance between Eb and Bb is 7 half-tones, and the note interval name is perfect (P5). The white keys are named using the alphabetic letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, which is a pattern that repeats up the piano keyboard. The table below shows the Ab major scale, ordered to show the 6th note as the first column in the table. The links above explain in detail the meaning of these note qualities, the short abbrevations in brackets, and how to calculate the interval note names based on the scale note names from the previous step. This step shows the scale note names that will be used to construct all triad chords that harmonize with those scale notes. In place of the b or c symbols above, figured bass symbols could be used to indicate inversions after the chord number symbols vi: So in this key, vi6 refers to the F minor chord in 1st inversion, and vi64 refers to the F minor chord in 2nd inversion. This completes the set of all triad chords that harmonize with the Ab major scale. The most common chords are triads, which are built by adding the third and fifth notes in the scale above a starting note (or root).For example, in C major, the triad built on C contains: C (the root) E (the third note above C; often called just "the third") The chord symbol viio could be followed by the letter a to indicate that it is G diminished chord in root position (ie not inverted) - A-flat major scale chord viioa. For example, the 5 represents note Eb, from the Ab-5th interval, since the triad root, Ab, is the lowest note of the chord (as it is not inverted). Since figured bass notation works within the context of a key, we don't need to indicate in the figured bass symbols whether eg. The second triad below will repeat this, but this time starting on the 2nd note, so its notes will be Bb, Db and F - ie. The roman numeral for number 3 is 'iii' and is used to indicate this is the 3rd triad chord in the scale. Major triads. Although the above method identifies each triads notes from the scale used - it does not identify the complete chord name including its quality. In place of the b or c symbols above, figured bass symbols could be used to indicate inversions after the chord number symbols IV: So in this key, IV6 refers to the Db major chord in 1st inversion, and IV64 refers to the Db major chord in 2nd inversion. ... D-Flat Major Triad. Name the letter names of the Major Triads in Root Position. The note interval name for the 3rd note / scale degree is therefore major, also called M3 for short. But crucially, for all interval qualities, the starting point from which accidentals need to be added or removed are the major scale note names in step 4. These note names are shown below on the treble clef followed by the bass clef. For example, the 6 represents note Ab, from the C-6th interval, since the lowest (bass) note of the chord - now inverted, is C. In the same way, the figured bass 3 symbol represents note Eb, from the C-3rd interval. Finally, letter c could be used to indicate that it is Bb minor chord in 2nd inversion - A-flat major scale chord iic. Below is a table showing the note interval qualities for all triad chords, together with the interval short names / abbrevations in brackets. And so the complete triad chord name prefixes the root note, G, onto this quality, giving us the G diminished chord. The Solution below shows the A-flat major scale triad chords (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, viio) on a piano, with mp3 and midi audio. To decide the name the chord quality, each step below will use note intervals to calculate how many half-tones / semitones / piano keys between the root and the 3rd (and 5th). Based on this numbering scheme, another name for this inversion would be A-flat major triad in six-four position. The roman numeral for number 1 is 'I' and is used to indicate this is the 1st triad chord in the scale. Or put another way, the third note of the original triad (in root position) is now the note with the lowest pitch.