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basics: triads
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EXPLORING TRIADS
Since harmonization is the foundation of historical preluding, the basic triads will be the first elements to learn. Major and minor triads can be practiced up and down the keyboard. The following example, for hands that easily span an octave, shows how to spread out a C chord triad over the entire keyboard.

Numerous historical publications illustrate the various ways pianists can spread a triad over the keyboard.
Prelude in C major, taken from The Art of Preluding, Op. 300 (Vienna?, 1833) by Carl Czerny (1791-1857).

Prelude in C major, taken from Exercises et Préludes pour le Piano-Forte (Paris, ca. 1830) by Henri Herz (1803-1888).

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