Triads and Voice Leading Flashcards
1
Q
What are the primary triads?
A
Tonic, subdominant, and dominant
2
Q
What are the secondary triads?
A
Supertonic, mediant, submediant, and subtonic
3
Q
What are the group 1 triads?
A
Dominant function:
V, vii°/VII, and III+
4
Q
What are the group 2 triads?
A
Subdominant function:
Major keys: IV/ii
Minor keys: iv/ii°
5
Q
What are the group 3 triads?
A
Tonic function:
vi/VI
6
Q
What are the group 4 triads?
A
Tonic function:
iii/III
7
Q
What is an elision?
A
When one or more chord groups are skipped in a progression
8
Q
What is a neutral tonic chord?
A
When the tonic chord appears anywhere in a normal progression without a dominant preparation
9
Q
What is retrogression?
A
When chords move through groups in reverse order
