Chords

Question 1

What is a major triad?

Answer 1

Root, 3rd and 5th of a major scale.

Question 2

Create a minor triad from a major triad.

Answer 2

Make the 3rd flat.

Question 3

What scale note numbers create a diminished 7 chord?

Answer 3

Root, b3rd, b5th and double flat 7.

Question 4

What name is given to a triad that
has a flat 3rd and flat 5th?

Answer 4

Diminished triad.

Question 5

What makes an augmented chord?

Answer 5

‘#5’

Question 6

What notes are in a Gm7 chord?

Answer 6

G Bb D F

Question 7

What is an altered dominant chord?

Answer 7

One with variations to the 5th and 9th

Question 8

What are the possible alterations to an altered dominant chord?

Answer 8

(b5, b9), (#5, #9), (b5, #9), (#5, b9)

Question 9

What is the most common choice of altered dominant chord extensions?

Answer 9

(#5, #9) - it’s the brightest.

Question 10

What does G°7 mean?

Answer 10

G diminished 7 chord

Question 11

What are the parts of a diminished 7 chord?

Answer 11

Diminished triad with a double flat 7

Question 12

What is the interval between each note in a diminished 7 chord?

Answer 12

A minor 3rd

Question 13

How is a major 6 chord created?

Answer 13

Add the 6th to a major triad.

Question 14

In a C9 chord is the B natural or flat?

Answer 14

Bb

In a C9, 11 or 13 chord assume the 7 is flat unless otherwise indicated.

Question 15

What is known as the Extension Triad?

Answer 15

The 9, 11 and 13 of the scale.

Question 16

How many semitones in a perfect 5th?

Answer 16

7

Question 17

Are the chord tones related to:

A the Key signature of the piece of music or

B the key signature for the scale created by the chord root?

Answer 17

B

The notes in the scale are relative to the Major scale from the root of the chord.

Question 18

What does the absence of a Major symbol in a chord name tell you about the 7th?

Answer 18

That it is Flat.

Question 19

Will a G13 chord include a 9th?

Answer 19

Yes.

All notes up to the highest mentioned are considered to be present.

Question 20

What is a half diminished chord?

Answer 20

A diminished triad with a flat 7 i.e. Root, b3, b5, b7

Question 21

How many types of 7th chord are there?

Answer 21

5

Major, Minor, Dominant, Half-diminished, Diminished

Question 22

Is a dominant 7 chord Major or Minor?

Answer 22

Major

Because they are built off the Major scale using the dominant as the root, subtonic as the 3rd, supertonic as the 5th and the subdominant as the 7th.

Question 23

What is the root note of a dominant 7 chord?

Answer 23

The dominant (5th) of the home scale.

Question 24

Name 3 uses for a dominant 7 chord.

Answer 24

1 Creating urgency in getting to the resolution
2 Progressing a key change
3 By combining with the tonic chord: harmonising tones of the associate major scale.

Question 25

Why is the Dominant 7 chord so dissonant?

Answer 25

The relationship between the subtonic and the subdominant of the scale is a diminished 5th (tritone) i.e. between the 4th and 7th of the chord.

Question 26

How much smaller is diminished interval than a perfect interval or minor interval?

Answer 26

A semitone

Question 27

Give the technical names for each note of the scale starting with the Tonic.

Answer 27

1 Tonic, 2 Supertonic, 3 Mediant, 4 Subdominant, 5 Dominant, 6 Submediant, 7 Subtonic (Leading note), 8 Tonic