Chords and Triads above the Scale Flashcards
1
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chord
A
- when you have three or more notes played at once
2
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triads
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- chords that are constructed three notes stack on 3rds
- A, C, E is a triad, A, C, D is not a triad
- you can get a sense of the tonality of a scale degree by playing a triad for each note in the scale
- the tonic in a C major scale would be C, e, G as a major triad. where D is the second scale degree and would have a minor triad (D, F, A)
- when the notes are in a triad the first (bottom) note is the root note. the middle note is the third and the top note is the fifth of the chord
3
Q
triads are two sets of stacked 3rds notated on either all lines or all spaces
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- true
4
Q
in a major key, name the 3 scale degrees that have major triads built above them
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- 1, 4, 5
5
Q
in a major key, name the 3 scale degrees that have minor triads built above them and the one scale degree that has a diminshed triad
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- 2, 3, 5, 7
6
Q
a chord is a group of pitches that form a single ______ idea
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- harmonic