How the hell i know if the chord is major or minor or...?

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In the previous lesson "First of songwriting techniques you should learn: song key" we've seen how we can harmonize the major scale "Extract chords from it", and by doing that we had 7 chords that we know they belong to a specific key which is in the last example is "The C major key".

You've noticed that i wrote the chords names without telling how i did it, so in this lesson i'm going to show you one of my best songwriting techniques to identify a chord from the notes in it.

In the last example we've seen the C major scale:
C - D - E - F - G - A -B - C - D - E - F - G - A -B
C   -     E   -     G                                     (C major)
      D    -    F    -    A                               (D minor)
            E   -     G   -    B                           (E minor)   
                  F    -    A   -    C                     (F major)
                        G    -   B   -     D                (G major)
                              A   -    C    -    E          (A minor)
                                   B    -    D     -   F    (B diminished)

We are going to name these chords using these 3 easy steps:

1- Take any chord you want and play it while concentrating on the notes in it.

2- Try to play the corresponding major scale to it (if it's the C major chord, play the C major scale, if it's the E minor chord, try to play the E major scale).

3- The last thing is to compare the notes of the chord with the notes of your scale:

- The C major chord has (C - E - G), in the C major scale these notes represent (1st, 3rd, 5th), that's why the chord is a C major chord.

- The D minor chord has (D - F - A), in the D major scale these notes represent (1st, b3, 5th), so when it's a flat third we call it a minor chord.

- The B diminished chord has (B - D - F), in the B major scale these notes represent (1st, b3, b5), so when it's a flat 3rd and flat 5th, we call it a diminished chord.

I think this was clear, but if you have questions don't hesitate and comment.