A music Theory Question

[fede]

Only the 4th and 5th grade of the major scale.

But those are chords as well.

Fede

[sunglassesatnight]

No chords are called perfect. Chords are major, minor, augmented, diminished in quality and then often named with extensions and additions, suspensions, etc. That's how you get chords like B minor (Major 7). But I digress. In scales, and therefore chords, you refer to the degree of the scale.

Take A major:

The first (root): A
The Major third: C#
The Perfect fifth: E

In keys, you definitely have major and minor chords built on the fourth and fifth of the scale. I was referring to the construction of those chords, and sort of trying to differentiate Fede's notion that chords are given the quality of, "Perfect" by saying that notes (degrees of the scale) are called perfect instead.

That probably did not make much sense.

[Sciaracastro]

No chords are called perfect. Chords are major, minor, augmented, diminished in quality and then often named with extensions and additions, suspensions, etc. That's how you get chords like B minor (Major 7). But I digress. In scales, and therefore chords, you refer to the degree of the scale.

Take A major:

The first (root): A
The Major third: C#
The Perfect fifth: E

In keys, you definitely have major and minor chords built on the fourth and fifth of the scale. I was referring to the construction of those chords, and sort of trying to differentiate Fede's notion that chords are given the quality of, "Perfect" by saying that notes (degrees of the scale) are called perfect instead.

That probably did not make much sense.

it's clear now (and already knew that )...i was a bit confused