Triads and Seventh Chords
Chord qualities by ear
Major Triad
What is the triad quality?
Choices
- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Augmented
Minor Triad
What is the triad quality?
Choices
- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Augmented
Diminished Triad
What is the triad quality?
Choices
- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Augmented
Augmented Triad
What is the triad quality?
Choices
- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Augmented
Major Versus Minor
A pair of chords plays. What changed?
Choices
- The root moved
- The third was lowered
- The fifth was lowered
Dominant Seventh
What is the seventh-chord quality?
Choices
- Dominant seventh
- Major seventh
- Minor seventh
- Half-diminished seventh
Major Seventh
What is the seventh-chord quality?
Choices
- Dominant seventh
- Major seventh
- Minor seventh
- Half-diminished seventh
Minor Seventh
What is the seventh-chord quality?
Choices
- Dominant seventh
- Major seventh
- Minor seventh
- Half-diminished seventh
Half-Diminished
What is the seventh-chord quality?
Choices
- Dominant seventh
- Major seventh
- Minor seventh
- Half-diminished seventh
Inversion in the Bass
Which chord and position is it?
Choices
- C major, root position
- C major, first inversion
- C major, second inversion
- E minor, root position
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