In fact eight major and minor triads can be obtained from each permutation of the scale.

He conceived of minor and major triads as opposite.

Thus madd9, m4 and m6 are minor triads with extended notes.

It resembles a minor triad with a lowered (flattened) fifth.

Western music is based on major and minor triads.

This means that, for example a major triad and a minor triad are considered the same set.

The following table focuses only on the above-mentioned three interval types, used to form major and minor triads.

When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad.

Major keys gave way to dusky harmonies in a minor triad.

It can also be viewed as taking a minor triad and adding a major seventh.