BTEC Music - C1 Compositional features - Harmony / Chords

Question 1

How do you define harmony?

Answer 1

When you can hear two or more musical notes at the same time

Question 2

How does a major chord sound?

Answer 2

Positive / happy

Question 3

How does a minor chord sound?

Answer 3

Sad / serious

Question 4

How does a discord sound?

Answer 4

Harsh / unpleasant - the notes clash

Question 5

Where are chords usually written in a piece of music?

Answer 5

Above the melody

Question 6

Where are chords usually written when you serach for the lyrics and chords of a piece of music?

Answer 6

Above the lyrics

Question 7

What are the notes in the chord of C major?

Answer 7

C E G

Question 8

What are the notes in the chord of F major?

Answer 8

F A C

Question 9

What are the notes in the chord of G major?

Answer 9

G B D

Question 10

What are the notes in the chord of A minor?

Answer 10

A C E

Question 11

What are the notes in the chord of E minor?

Answer 11

E G B

Question 12

What are the notes in the chord of D minor?

Answer 12

D F A

Question 13

What are the notes in the chord of C major in 1st inversion?

Answer 13

E G C

Question 14

What are the notes in the chord of C major in 2nd inversion?

Answer 14

G C E

Question 15

What are the notes in the chord of F major in 1st inversion?

Answer 15

A C F

Question 16

What are the notes in the chord of F major in 2nd inversion?

Answer 16

C F A

Question 17

What are the notes in the chord of G major in 1st inversion?

Answer 17

B D G

Question 18

What are the notes in the chord of G major in 2nd inversion?

Answer 18

D G B

Question 19

What are the notes in the chord of A minor in 1st inversion?

Answer 19

C E A

Question 20

What are the notes in the chord of A minor in 2nd inversion?

Answer 20

E A C

Question 21

What is a triad?

Answer 21

A basic chord with 3 notes

Question 22

What are the notes in a basic triad in root position?

Answer 22

1st, 3rd and 5th e.g. C in root position has the letters C, E and G becuase C is the 1st, D is the 2nd, E is the 3rd, F is the 4th and G is the 5th. We only use the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes.

Question 23

What is it called when the order of the notes in a chord are changed?

Answer 23

Inversion

Question 24

Why is it good to have a mixture of root and chords inversion?

Answer 24

It makes the change from one chord to the next flow better.

Question 25

What does a little m mean next to chord letter e.g. Am?

Answer 25

Minor - it is a minor chord

Question 26

What is another name for arpeggios?

Answer 26

Broken chords

Question 27

What is called when the notes of a chord are played one after another in a pattern e.g. the chord of F is played as F, A, C, A, F, A, C, A etc?

Answer 27

Arpeggios or broken chords

Question 28

What do you called chords where the 3rd note is missing e.g. a chord with the letters A and E only

Answer 28

Open 5ths

Question 29

Are open 5th chords major or minor chords?

Answer 29

Neither

Question 30

Which note of a chords determines if the chord is major or minor?

Answer 30

The 3rd. For example, in the chord of C major the notes are C, E, G. In the chord of C minor the notes of the chord are C, Eb and G

Question 31

What do you call a series of chords in a section of music?

Answer 31

Chord pattern or chord progression

Question 32

Fill in the missing word. ________________ chords are a type of guitar chord that consists of just two notes: the root note and the fifth note of the scale. They’re typically played on the lower strings of the guitar and are often represented as “5” chords (like A5, D5, etc.).

Answer 32

Power

Question 33

What extra note added to a chord that can make it sound more jazz-like?

Answer 33

7th. e.g. Cmajor7 has the notes, C, E, G, and B. The letter B is 7 notes up from C (remember to count C as 1 in this example.