- Ebony: How to build a chord with voices.
A chord is a combination of two or more notes
played simultaneously.
So, for example,
everybody's heard chords played on a guitar.
[strumming guitar]
And we all know what it sounds like
when we play chords on a piano.
[playing chords on piano]
Chords played on musical instruments
make up the background of a lot of music we listen to.
So, how do we make chords using the human voice,
an instrument that typically only produces
one note at a time?
Well, we make chords by combining many voices.
For example, let's make the chord B-flat major seven.
♪[playing notes, then a chord]♪
First, we start with the root note.
In this case, it's a B flat.
♪ [plays B flat key] ♪
♪ [singing B flat note] ♪
Then, we add the seventh note of the scale.
♪ [plays A key] ♪
♪ [singing A note] ♪
After that, we add the third note of the scale.
♪ [plays D key] ♪
♪ [singing D note] ♪
Then, we'll add the fifth note of the scale.
♪ [plays F key] ♪
♪ [singing F note] ♪
And, to add some extra color, we'll add the ninth.
♪ [plays middle C key] ♪
♪ [singing middle C note] ♪
Put it all together, and it sounds like this.
[harmonizing]
And that's how you make a chord using voices.