If you look at the definition of a chord closely, you will see why they are the same. Let's look at the definition given by Wikipedia: A chord, in...

I can give you the short answer: The chords are based on scale degrees. If you look at the C Major scale you get: C D E F G A B C The major chord...

You're right that changing the order of notes affects the chord. No matter how you arrange the notes C, E and G in a chord, it is still a C major c...

Here is a different take on the theme: let's find a nice common divisor of the given frequencies for pure intervals. C E G -> 1:1 5:4 3:2 -> common...

Because they sound similar! C4-E4-G4 sounds similar to E4-G4-C5 because when you press C4 you get a lot of different frequencies (harmonics), most...

It is essentially an inversion of the C Major chord. In a major chord, there's the root (C), above that a major third (E), and then a minor third o...

C-E-G and G-C-E are both the the C major chord because they’re comprised of the same notes arranged in two slightly different ways.

Personally, I like to call the CEG triad a Cmajor, and the GCE a Gsus4#5. If you are playing in the G key I would use the second notation, though i...

Just C :-) Chord names are (mostly) about pitch classes (that's the posh term for note names) not voicings. Once we've said 'C' that cover's AL...

There is no other term than plain old C ! As long as there's a root (C), major third (E), and P5 (G), that constitutes C. That's the bare bones of...

The formula (1, 3, 5) = (C, E, G) indicates the ingredients for the major chord. These 3 notes played alone are a triad. As Laurence Payne indica...