Finding chord name/type

[deadpickle]

I was wondering the other day, what makes a C chord a C chord exactly? the notes in a C chord are (thick to thin) X C E G C E, they all reside of the C major scale of course but what makes this combination of notes a "C" chord? Hope you get my question.

[sunglassesatnight]

Good question.

A C chord is actually a C Major chord.

A major chord always contains the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the major scale.

So the C major scale goes:

CDEFGAB

So your first, third, and fifth are: C, E, G

So there's your C chord.

Hope that helps. Keep asking questions too, we're happy to help.

[deadpickle]

So does that mean that chord construction is directly related to the notes that are found on a particular scale? F maj Chord -> F maj scale ; Gm Chord -> Gm(natural?) Scale

[sunglassesatnight]

Absolutely.

A major chord always has that 1 3 5 construction

A minor chord has the 1st and the 5th the same, but contains a minor 3rd. That just means the 3rd is a half step lower.

So you have C, Eb, and G there.