6 - Dominant 7th & diminished 7th chords Flashcards
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True or False. The Dominant 7th chord is a three note chord build on the fifth degree of a scale.
False. The Dominant 7th chord is a four note chord build on the fifth degree of a scale.

True or False. The Dominant 7th chord consists of a Root, Major 3, Perfect 5 and a minor 7.
TRUE

True or False. The symbol for the Dominant 7th chord is V7.
TRUE

True or False. The Roman Numeral V indicates the fifth degree above the Dominant.
False. The Roman Numeral V indicates the fifth degree above the Tonic.

True or False. The number 7 after the Roman Numeral (V7) indicates an interval of a minor 7th above the Root.
TRUE

True or False. Tonic Major and minor keys have different Dominant 7th chords.
False. Tonic Major and minor keys have the SAME Dominant 7th chord.

True or False. The Dominant 7th chord of a minor key always contains the raised 7th note of the harmonic minor scale.
TRUE

True or False. To identify the key of a Dominant 7th chord count up a Perfect fifth from the Root note.
False. To identify the key of a Dominant 7th chord count DOWN a Perfect fifth from the Root note.

True or False. Dominant 7th chords in Close Position are written as close together as possible. No interval larger than a seventh.
TRUE

True or False. Dominant 7th chords in Open Position are written spread out over more than an octave.
TRUE

True or False. Dominant 7th chords written using a Key Signature belong to either the Major key or the relative minor key. The minor key contains an accidental for the raised 7th note.
TRUE

True or False. Dominant 7th chords written using accidentals belong to both the Major key and the relative minor key.
False. Dominant 7th chords written using accidentals belong to both the Major key and the Tonic minor key.

Name the Major or minor key of the Dominant 7th chord.

G Major

Name the Major or minor key of the Dominant 7th chord.

d minor

Name the Major or minor key of the Dominant 7th chord.

f minor

Name the Major or minor key of the Dominant 7th chord.

B Major

Name the Major or minor key of the Dominant 7th chord.

b minor

Name the Major or minor key of the Dominant 7th chord.

E flat Major

Name the Major and minor keys of the Dominant 7th chord.

F sharp Major and f sharp minor

Name the Major and minor keys of the Dominant 7th chord.

C sharp Major and c sharp minor

Name the Major and minor keys of the Dominant 7th chord.

B flat Major and b flat minor

Name the Major and minor keys of the Dominant 7th chord.

E flat Major and e flat minor

Name the Major and minor keys of the Dominant 7th chord.

A flat Major and a flat minor

Name the Major and minor keys of the Dominant 7th chord.

B Major and b minor

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of G Major (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct note placement is

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of b minor (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct note placement is

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of G Major (2nd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of d minor (2nd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct note placement is

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of E flat Major (3rd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct note placement is

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of d minor (3rd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of f minor (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of B Major (2nd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct note placement is

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of f minor (3rd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct note placement is

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of b minor (2nd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of E flat Major (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the note placement in this V7 chord of B Major (3rd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of F sharp Major (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of a flat minor (3rd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of F sharp Major (3rd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct accidental placement is

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of e flat minor (root position) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of C sharp Major (2nd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of e flat minor (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct accidental placement is

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of a flat minor (root position) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct accidental placement is

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of B Major (root position) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct accidental placement is

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of C sharp Major (1st inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct accidental placement is

Is the accidental placement in this V7 chord of B Major (2nd inversion) Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct accidental placement is

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Open Position

Is the Dominant 7th chord written in Close Position or in Open Position?

Close Position

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

Name the Major or minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Dominant seventh chord.

The key and the chord symbol are:

True or False. The Leading-tone diminished 7th chord is a three note chord build on the fifth degree of a scale.
False. The Leading-tone diminished 7th chord is a four note chord build on the seventh degree of a scale.

True or False. The Leading-tone diminished 7th chord consists of a Root, minor 3, diminished 5 and a diminished 7.
TRUE

True or False. The Roman Numeral used to indicate the seventh degree is vii.
TRUE
True or False. The Leading-tone diminished 7th chord is built on the raised seventh note of the harmonic minor scale.
TRUE
True or False. A root position Leading-tone diminished 7th chord is written as a combination of line notes and space notes.
False. A root position Leading-tone diminished 7th chord is written as all line notes or all space notes.

True or False. A raised 7th note is a chromatic semitone below the Tonic of the harmonic minor key.
False. A raised 7th note is a diatonic semitone below the Tonic of the harmonic minor key.

True or False. The Leading-tone diminished 7th chord of a minor key always contains the raised 7th note of the harmonic minor scale.
TRUE

True or False. To identify the key of a Leading-tone diminished 7th chord, count up one whole tone from the Root note.
False. To identify the key of a Leading-tone diminished 7th chord, count up one semitone/half step from the Root note.

True or False. The distance between each interval in a Leading-tone diminished 7th chord is a minor third.
TRUE

True or False. The raised 7th note of the minor key is the Root note of the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.
TRUE

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

g minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

f minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

b flat minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

a sharp minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

f minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

e minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

a sharp minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

g minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

e minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

f sharp minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

a flat minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

b flat minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

f sharp minor

Name the minor key of the Leading-tone diminished seventh chord.

a flat minor

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Name the minor key. Name the chord symbol for the Leading-tone diminished 7th chord.

The minor key and the chord symbol are:

Identify the chord type as polychord, quartal chord or cluster chord.

polychord

Identify the chord type as polychord, cluster chord or diminished 7th chord.

cluster chord

Identify the chord type as polychord, quartal chord or cluster chord.

quartal chord

Identify the chord type as Dominant 7th chord, diminished 7th chord or cluster chord.

Dominant 7th chord

Identify the chord type as polychord, quartal chord or cluster chord.

cluster chord

Identify the chord type as Dominant 7th chord, diminished 7th chord or cluster chord.

diminished 7th chord

Identify the chord type as polychord, triad or diminished 7th chord.

triad

Identify the chord type as Dominant 7th chord, diminished 7th chord or cluster chord.

Dominant 7th chord

Identify the chord type as polychord, triad or diminished 7th chord.

polychord

Identify the chord type as polychord, cluster chord or diminished 7th chord.

diminished 7th chord

Identify the chord type as Dominant 7th chord, diminished 7th chord or cluster chord.

cluster chord

Identify the chord type as polychord, triad or diminished 7th chord.

diminished 7th chord

Identify the chord type as Dominant 7th chord, diminished 7th chord or cluster chord.

cluster chord

Identify the chord type as polychord, cluster chord or diminished 7th chord.

polychord

Identify the chord type as Dominant 7th chord, diminished 7th chord or cluster chord.

diminished 7th chord

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - C
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - D
Type/Quality - Major

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - F
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - G sharp
Type/Quality - Major

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - F
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - G
Type/Quality - Major

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - F
Type/Quality - Major

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - B flat
Type/Quality - Major

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - C
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - G
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - C sharp
Type/Quality - Major

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - G
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - E
Type/Quality - minor

Name the Root. Name the type/quality of the triad.

Root - B
Type/Quality - Major

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this E flat Major scale.

Subdominant

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this e minor harmonic scale.

Submediant

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this b flat minor harmonic scale.

Mediant

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this F Major scale.

Subdominant

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this F sharp Major scale.

Leading note

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this b minor harmonic scale.

Supertonic

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this A Major scale.

Leading note

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this f sharp minor melodic scale.

Mediant

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this C Major scale.

Leading note

Identify the technical degree name of the first note of this G flat Major scale.

Dominant

Identify the scale as Major, minor or Chromatic.

a flat minor melodic scale

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

chromatic scale starting on C

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

A Major scale

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

chromatic scale starting on G

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

d minor melodic scale

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

chromatic scale starting on B

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

d minor harmonic scale

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

a minor harmonic scale

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

C sharp Major scale

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

chromatic scale starting on F sharp

Identify the scale as Major, minor or chromatic.

D flat Major scale

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - b flat minor
Final note - Dominant

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - A flat Major
Final note - Tonic

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - C flat Major
Final note - Dominant

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - d minor
Final note - Tonic

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - E flat Major
Final note - Tonic

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - D flat Major
Final note - Dominant

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - G Major
Final note - Dominant

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - f minor
Final note - Tonic

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - a flat minor
Final note - Dominant

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - a minor
Final note - Dominant

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - g minor
Final note - Tonic

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - e flat minor
Final note - Tonic

Name the key. Identify the final note as the Tonic or Dominant.

Key - D Major
Final note - Dominant

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - diminished 10
Inversion - Augmented 6 (A flat to F sharp)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - Augmented 12
Inversion - diminished 4 (E natural to A flat)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - Major 9
Inversion - minor 7 (F to E flat)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - Major 13
Inversion - minor 3 (A flat to C flat)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - diminished 5
Inversion - Augmented 4 (B flat to E)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - Augmented 8
Inversion - diminished 8 (B natural to B flat)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - Augmented 10
Inversion - diminished 6 (E sharp to C)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - minor 14
Inversion - Major 2 (G natural to A)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - diminished 4
Inversion - Augmented 5 (A flat to E)

Name the interval. Identify the inversion.

Interval - diminished 11
Inversion - Augmented 5 (F natural to C sharp)
