What are chords?

A chord is is a group of notes played simultaneously. The notes of chords are derived from musical scales.

There are many types of chords.  Therefore, when you study and learn chords, it is important to know how to to group them into there proper categories. This would include terms like Dominant, Major, minor, diminished, augmented....

Chords form many harmonies. These beautiful compilations can be a used to accompany the vocals or they may even be used to form the actual vocal parts of song compositions.