page_title: Minor chord
hierarchical_section_title: Minor chord
caption_attribution_description: English: Minor and major thirds
context_page_description: In music theory, a minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad. For example, the minor triad built on C, called a C minor triad, has pitches C–E♭–G:
  A minor triad can be represented by the integer notation {0, 3, 7}.
  A minor triad can also be described by its intervals: it has as a minor third interval on the bottom and a major third on top or as a root note. By contrast, a major triad has a major third on the bottom and minor third on top. They both contain fifths, because a minor third plus a major third equals a perfect fifth.
  In Western classical music from 1600 to 1820 and in Western pop, folk and rock music, a major chord is usually played as a triad. Along with the major triad, the minor triad is one of the basic building blocks of tonal music and the common practice period. In Western music, a minor chord, in comparison, "sounds darker than a major chord" but is still considered highly consonant, stable, or as not requiring resolution.
  Some minor chords with additional notes, such as the minor seventh chord, may also be called minor chords.
context_section_description: In music theory, a minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad.  For example, the minor triad built on C, called a C minor triad, has pitches C–E♭–G:
  A minor triad can be represented by the integer notation {0, 3, 7}.
  A minor triad can also be described by its intervals: it has as a minor third interval on the bottom and a major third on top or as a root note. By contrast, a major triad has a major third on the bottom and minor third on top. They both contain fifths, because a minor third (three semitones) plus a major third (four semitones) equals a perfect fifth (seven semitones).
  In Western classical music from 1600 to 1820 and in Western pop, folk and rock music, a major chord is usually played as a triad. Along with the major triad, the minor triad is one of the basic building blocks of tonal music and the common practice period. In Western music, a minor chord, in comparison, "sounds darker than a major chord" but is still considered highly consonant, stable, or as not requiring resolution.
  Some minor chords with additional notes, such as the minor seventh chord, may also be called minor chords.
caption: A minor triad has a minor third (m3) on the bottom, a major third (M3) on top, and a perfect fifth (P5) between the outer notes.
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