What are major and minor chords?:

Answer 1

Major chords are triads built from a root, third and fifth in the scale of the key your playing such as F A C. A minor chord is the same as a major except that the third is lowered a half step or flated such as F Ab C and has more of a melancholy or ballard type sound.

Answer 2

A Major chord is a chord built upon a major third above the root of the chord and a perfect fifth above the root of the chord. For example, C E G is a major chord, where the interval between C and G is a perfect fifth, and the interval between C and E is a major third. You can also attribute the major chord to sounding “happy”, or consonant. The minor chord is built upon a minor third above the root of the chord and a perfect fifth above the root of the chord. For example, C Eb G is a minor chord, where the interval between C and Eb is a minor third, and the interval between C and G is a perfect fifth. You can attribute the minor chord to sounding “sad” or incomplete in some way.