MUS 105 - Chords

consonances

unison, minor and minor third, major and minor sixth, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, and their registral inversions

dissonances

anything that is not a consonance

triad

chord containing three distinct pitch classes

figured bass naming convention

root note + intervals above the bass

root postion

just the chord (uppercase major, lowercase minor)

first inversion

63

second inversion

64

snowman form

three adjacent staff lines or three adjacent staff spaces

major triad

M3 + m3; capital letter

minor triad

m3 + M3; lowercase letter

augmented triad

M3 + M3; capital letter and plus sign

diminished triad

m3 + m3; lowercase letter and degree sign

are augmented and dimished triads considered consonances: explain?

yes, they are similar to major and minor triads

accidentals in Roman numeral analysis

before roman numeral

major seventh

M3 + m3 + M3; C^maj7

dominant seventh

M3 + m3 + m3; C⁷

minor seventh

m3 + M3 + m3; c⁷

half-diminished seventh

m3 + m3 + M3; c^ø7

(fully) diminished seventh

m3 + m3 + m3; c^°7

augmented/major seventh

M3 + M3 + m3; C+^maj7

minor/major seventh

m3 + M3 + M3; c^maj7

seventh root position

7

seventh first position

65

seventh second inversion

43

seventh third inversion

2