Triads on the fretboard
A triad stacks three notes: a root, a third and a fifth. Major, minor, diminished and augmented triads differ only in which thirds and fifths they use. Every larger chord on this site is built on one of them.
Standard tuning
Major
- C Major
- C# Major
- D Major
- Eb Major
- E Major
- F Major
- F# Major
- G Major
- Ab Major
- A Major
- Bb Major
- B Major
Minor
Diminished
Augmented
More chord families
- Power and suspended chords
- Sixth and added-note chords
- Seventh chords
- Extended chords
- Altered dominants