Chords

Question 1

____ are created when the 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th or 13th are chromatically altered.

Answer 1

Altered chords

Question 2

____ are created when the 9th, 11th, or 13th are present in the chord.

Answer 2

Extended chords

Question 3

When the number 9 is used in a chord symbol, it refers to the:

Answer 3

natural 9th

Question 4

What type of chords can a suspended 4th occur on?

Answer 4

dominant 7th, dominant 9th, major 6th, major 6/9, major 7th, major 9th

Question 5

Spell a Bb6 chord.

Answer 5

Bb, D, F, G

Question 6

Spell an Eb Maj7 chord.

Answer 6

Eb, G, Bb, D

Question 7

What chord symbol best fits these notes: Ab, Db, Fb, C

Answer 7

Db min(Maj 7)

Question 8

What note is missing from the following Ab min6 chord: Ab, Eb, F…

Answer 8

Cb

Question 9

What is the chord formula for a minor seventh chord?

Answer 9

1, b3, 5, b7

Question 10

Spell a half diminished chord with G as the root:

Answer 10

G, Bb, Db,F

Question 11

Spell an Aug7 chord with A# as the fifth:

Answer 11

D, F#, A#, C

Question 12

Identify this chord: Db, E, G, Bb with Db as root.

Answer 12

Db dim7

Question 13

Spell Ab Maj9:

Answer 13

Ab, C, Eb, G, Bb

Question 14

Spell D7(b9):

Answer 14

D, F#, A, C, Eb

Question 15

Spell C7(#9):

Answer 15

C, E, G, Bb, D#(Eb)

Question 16

Spell Ddim11:

Answer 16

D, F, Ab, B, E, G

Question 17

What is the chord formula for a min11(b5) chord?

Answer 17

1, b3, b5, b7, 9, 11

Question 18

Spell Eb Maj9sus4:

Answer 18

Eb, Ab, Bb, D, F

Question 19

What chord symbol best represents these notes? C#, A, Eb, F, G, B?

Answer 19

F aug9(#11)

Question 20

Spell G13(#11 b9):

Answer 20

G, B, D, F, Ab, C#, E

Question 21

Spell D Maj13(#11)

Answer 21

D, F#, A, C#, E, G#, B

Question 22

Spell Bb7(b13 #11 #9)

Answer 22

Bb, D, F, Ab, C#, E, Gb

Question 23

How would you indicate the chord Db, Bb, A, F with A as the bass note?

Answer 23

Bb min(Maj 7)/A

Question 24

Another name for a minor seven flat five chord is:

Answer 24

Half-diminished chord

Question 25

The scale degree formula for a Major Seventh chord is:

Answer 25

1, 3, 5, 7

Question 26

The scale degree formula for a Minor/Major Seventh chord is:

Answer 26

1, b3, 5, 7

Question 27

A Db dim7 chord can be spelled:

Answer 27

Db, F, Abb, Cbb or Db, E, G, Bb

Question 28

A B Aug7 chord can be spelled:

Answer 28

B, D#, F*, A or B, Eb, G, A

Question 29

How many intervals of a minor third are contained in a diminished triad?

Answer 29

2

Question 30

The correct spelling for a minor 6 chord is:

Answer 30

1, b3, 5, 6

Question 31

A chord is ___ or more different tone(s) sounded simultaneously or in succession.

Answer 31

3

Question 32

In a natural minor key, what is the quality of the submediant triad?

Answer 32

Major

Question 33

The natural eleventh chord occurs with what type of 9th scale degree?

Answer 33

Minor

Question 34

The chord which contains both of the tendency tones in a major scale is:

Answer 34

V7

Question 35

What is an extended chord?

Answer 35

A chord with the 9th, 11th, or 13th present

Question 36

How is an altered chord created?

Answer 36

By chromatically altering the 5th, 9th, 11th, and 13th

Question 37

In a Gmin9 chord, the qualifier ‘min’ lowers which degrees of the chord?

Answer 37

3rd only

Question 38

In an F#Aug9 chord, the qualifier ‘Aug’ raises which degrees of the chord?

Answer 38

5th only

Question 39

In an EMaj13(#11) chord, the qualifier ‘Maj’ raises which degrees of the chord?

Answer 39

7th only

Question 40

The correct spelling for a min6 chord is:

Answer 40

1, b3, 5,6

Question 41

The chord formula for a major seventh chord is:

Answer 41

1, 3, 5, 7

Question 42

What is the formula for a Bmin(maj7) chord?

Answer 42

1, b3, 5, 7

Question 43

The formula for a E9/F# chord is:

Answer 43

1, 3, 5, b7, 9/9

Question 44

Qualifiers that affect the 3rd of the chord always ____ it by half a step.

Answer 44

Lower