Find Basic Chords: Triads From the Formula

The short answer: Find Basic Chords names a chord and asks you to spell its notes from the formula — a major triad is 1-3-5, a minor is 1-♭3-5. Points scale with speed. It is chord construction as pure knowledge, the theory that makes every instrument's chords make sense.

What the game is

You get a chord and spell its notes from the root and the formula. No shapes, no diagrams — just the scale-degree recipe applied to a root, which is where real chord understanding starts.

What it teaches

• Triad formulas (major, minor, diminished, augmented) as scale degrees.
• Spelling any basic chord from its root.
• The bridge from scale degrees to real chords.

Why it's cool

Once chords are formulas rather than shapes, you can build any of them, anywhere, on any instrument. This is the game that turns "chords" from memorized pictures into something you understand.

Where to start

Read how chords are built from scales, the Basic Chords course, and diminished and augmented chords.