Music Theory- Inversions and Triads

Scale degree names

Tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone/subtonic

Modes order

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Modes names

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian

Minor modes

DPAL (2,3,6,7)

Perfect intervals

4,5,8/1

Maj/min intervals

2,3,6,7

Inverted intervals all =

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Major triad intervals

Major 3rd, perfect 5th

Minor triad intervals

Minor 3rd, perfect 5th

Diminished triad intervals

Minor 3rd, diminished 5th

Augmented triad intervals

Major 3rd, augmented 5th

First inversion

3rd is root (6)

Second inversion

5th is root (6/4)

Consonances

Pu/1,P5,P8,M/m3,M/m6, melodic P4

Dissonances

M/m 2,M/m7, harmonic P4, all A+ and dim

Chords in a major scale

M,m,m,M,M,m,d

Chords in a (common) minor scale

m,d,M,m,M,M,d

How you change the 5 and 7 of a minor scale chord

Raise the leading tone or 7th note in the scale; this is the 3rd for 5 and root for 7

How to find the relative major of a minor

Go up two notes in the scale and use the key of the note you found