Back to worksheetsScales & Keys · Music Theory
Major & minor: two colors of home
The same home note can host two moods. Major sounds bright and open; minor sounds darker and warmer — and the difference comes down to a few lowered notes.
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
Listen
Play each example here, or download it as an MP3 (audio) or a MIDI file.
One note changes the weather
- C major triad: C, E, G, then together0:08
- C minor triad: C, E♭, G, then together0:08
Whole keys have moods too
- C major scale0:08
- C minor scale: E♭, A♭ and B♭ lowered0:08
The primary chords change clothes
- i – iv – V – i in C minor: Cm, Fm, G, Cm0:09
Download all
Free to use in your own lessons and practice. Made by the teachers at Tissimo.