For example, if you start with the second pitch of a scale, the triad based on that pitch will also include the fourth and sixth pitches of the scale. If triads are formed on the basis of the major, ...

As we already know (if you have read our article on scales) C major uses all of the white notes that we see on our keyboard. We can extract the notes that we require to create our triad based on C ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII ... For example, G7 is made by taking the major triad of G (G - B - D) and adding an F (G - B - D - F).