Triadic patterns

Exercise 1: Sing/play the given arpeggio forms of the 4 triads major, minor, diminished, augmented; starting from random pitches.

Note examples: 

triadic pattern 1

 

triadic pattern 2

 

NB There are no clefs, key signatures or accidentals given, just the placement of the notes on the staff...

Exercise 2: Practice also starting on different pitches while singing note names...

Cognitive exercise 1:

Build all triads from a random note: 

  • given note is the root
  • given note is the third
  • given note is the fifth

Level of achievement: correct triad within 5 seconds. Including writing.