major triad

Natural harmonics may be formed on the major triad of each open string, using the open string as the tonic.

The seed from which our modern wealth of harmony and tone colour sprang was the perfect major triad.

But the major triad and its inversion are not the only concords that will be produced by our flux of melodies.

Any three other tones with vibration ratios of 4:5:6 will also form a major triad.

Pitch: Intervals of an octave, of a major triad, and so on; major and minor chords.