Chords Lesson 2

Diminished & Augmented

The two tense triads side by side: the diminished (two stacked minor 3rds — dark, wanting to resolve) and the augmented (two stacked major 3rds — wide and unsettling). Tell the two dissonant colors apart, and from major and minor.

Beginner ~5 min diminished augmented dissonance

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