Unit 3: Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords

Subtonic

________ triad- The chord built on the seventh scale degree in natural minor.

IV

The I, ________, and V chords are major, while the ii, iii, and vi chords are minor.

III

The i, iv, and v chords are minor, while the ________, VI, and VII chords are major.

Triad

________- A three- note chord made up of two intervals stacked in thirds.

Root

________- The lower note of the chord.

diatonic chords

The minor ________ are built using the notes of the natural minor scale.

Major triads

________ are indicated with uppercase Roman numbers.

V7 chord

The ________ is the same in major and harmonic minor.

lowercase Roman

Minor triads are indicated with ________ numbers.

diatonic chords

There are seven ________ in each key, each one built on a different note of the scale.

Chord

A group of pitches that forms a single harmonic idea

Triad

A three-note chord made up of two intervals stacked in thirds

Root

The lower note of the chord

Third

The middle note because its an interval of a third above the root

Fifth

The upper note, its a fifth above the root

Subtonic triad

The chord built on the seventh scale degree in natural minor

Seventh chord

Contains four notes

Diatonic chords

A set of chords that are derived from the notes of a particular key

Figured bass

Consists of the bass line and the Arabic numbers under the bass line that represent the intervals above the bass to be played

Purpose of inversion symbols

To indicate the lowest-sounding note within a chord

major diationic chords

• I (major)

• ii (minor)

• iii (minor)

• IV (major)

• V (major)

• vi (minor)

• vii° (diminished)

minor diatonic chords