Triads and 7th Triads

Question 1

What is an Augmented triad?

Answer 1

Major chord with a raised 5th

Question 2

What is a Diminished triad?

Answer 2

Minor chords with a lowered 5th

Question 3

What is a Sus Chord?

Answer 3

Suspended chord where the 3rd is changed

Question 4

What is a Sus2?

Answer 4

The 3rd of the chord is lowered to the 2nd in the scale

Question 5

What is a Sus4?

Answer 5

The 3rd of the chord is raised to the 4th in the scale

Question 6

What is a power chord?

Answer 6

A chord that is only a 1st and a 5th.

Question 7

What is the effect of a power chord?

Answer 7

It takes away the tonality of the chord, neither major or minor.

Question 8

What is a Dominant 7th

Answer 8

Major chord with a minor or lowered 7th

Question 9

What is a Major 7th chord

Answer 9

All part of major chord with an added 7th, defined by the key signature.

Question 10

What is a Minor 7th chord

Answer 10

All part of the minor with added 7th, defined by the key signature.

Question 11

What is a flat 9th chord

Answer 11

All part of the dominant chord with added 9th (changed by key/scale)

Question 12

What is a sharp 9th chord

Answer 12

All part of the dominant chord with added 9th (changed by key/scale)

Question 13

What is the symbol for Augmented chords

Answer 13

Example: C(+)

Question 14

What is the symbol for Diminished chords

Answer 14

Example: C(o)

Question 15

What does a power chord look like

Answer 15

Example: C5

Question 16

What does a first inversion chord look like

Answer 16

Example: C/E

Question 17

What does a second inversion chord look like

Answer 17

Example: C/G

Question 18

What does a third inversion chord look like

Answer 18

Example: C/B

Question 19

What are inverted chords also referred to as?

Answer 19

Slash chords

Question 20

What is a slash chord?

Answer 20

Inversions

Question 21

When does a third inversion occur?

Answer 21

When 7th triads are used or involved.

Question 22

How do you construct a major triad?

Answer 22

a major third then a minor third

Question 23

How do you construct a minor triad?

Answer 23

a minor third then a major third
OR
a major triad with the 3rd lowered a semitone

Question 24

How do you construct a augmented triad?

Answer 24

it is 2major thirds
OR
a major triad with the 5th raised a semitone

Question 25

How do you construct a diminished triad?

Answer 25

it is 2minor thirds

a major triad with the 5th lowered a semitone

Question 26

If the 3rd is at the bottom of the chord, what type of inversion is this?

Answer 26

A 1st inversion

Question 27

If the 5th is at the bottom of the chord, what type of inversion is this?

Answer 27

A 2nd inversion

Question 28

How do you construct a major 7th triad?

Answer 28

a major third, a minor third and then a major third

Question 29

How do you construct a minor 7th triad?

Answer 29

a minor third, a major third and then a minor third

Question 30

How do you construct a dominant 7th triad?

Answer 30

a major third and two minor thirds

Question 31

How do you construct a half-diminished 7th triad?

Answer 31

two minor thirds and a major third

shortcut can be a minor7th with a lowered 5th.

Question 32

What is the symbol for ‘half diminished’?

Answer 32

ø

Question 33

How do you construct a full-diminished 7th triad?

Answer 33

all minor third intervals