Music Theory - Scales, Triads, Inversions, and Relative Keys (Fill-in-the-Blank)

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering scales, triads, inversions, and the relationship between relative major/minor keys based on the lecture notes.

The seven notes of the major key form the __.

major scale

The third, sixth and seventh degrees form __ intervals with the tonic note.

major intervals

The natural minor scale is primarily used in __ melodic passages that descend from the tonic to the dominant.

conjunct (stepwise)

The third, sixth and seventh degrees form __ intervals with the tonic.

minor intervals

The harmonic minor scale is the scale from which the chords that are most characteristic of minor harmony are __.

derived

The third and sixth degrees form __ intervals with the tonic.

minor

The seventh degree (the leading note) is raised and therefore notated with an __.

accidental

It forms a __ interval with the tonic.

major seventh

The melodic minor scale is primarily used in __ melodic passages that ascend from the dominant to the tonic.

conjunct (stepwise)

Both the sixth and seventh degrees are raised and therefore notated with __.

accidentals

The __ degree forms a minor interval with the tonic.

third

The sixth and seventh degrees form __ intervals with the tonic.

major

In a major triad the third is __ and the fifth is perfect.

major

In a minor triad the third is __ and the fifth is perfect.

minor

In a diminished triad the third is __ and the fifth is diminished.

minor

In an augmented triad the third is __ and the fifth is augmented.

major

In western classical music, diminished and augmented triads are considered __.

dissonant

Major and minor triads are considered __, i.e. they create resolution from tension.

consonant

In a first inversion major triad the interval between the third and the root above is a __.

minor sixth

In a first inversion minor triad the interval between the third and the root above is a __.

major sixth

In a first inversion diminished triad the interval between the third and the root above is a __.

major sixth

In a first inversion augmented triad the interval between the third and the root above is a __.

minor sixth

In second inversion major and minor triads the interval between the fifth in the lowest part and the root above is a __.

perfect fourth

In a second inversion triad, the __ is the lowest note and the root and third appear above.

fifth

The natural minor scale contains the same notes and chords as its __ major scale.

relative

The illustration below compares the roman numerals for the chords derived from A natural minor scale with the numerals for the same chords in __.

C major