Unit 1
6 above F
D
10th = 3rd +
Octave
First inversion
the lowest note (the bass) is the 3rd of the chord
root position
first inversion
There are two types of voicings
keyboard voicing and choral (SATB) voicing
Count in thirds above the pitch given : G
B D F A
Ascending melodic minor scale:
1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
Third inversion
the lowest note (the bass) is the 7th of the chord
In choral voicing, the soprano and alto are
on the upper staff; tenor and bass are on the lower staff:
Name the enharmonic equivalent : F
E sharp
What's the parallel minor of an A major scale?"
A minor
You can build triads from each note in a scale - these are called
scale-degree triads
A triad can be inverted two ways:
Lowest note (the bass) is the 3rd of the triad
Lowest note (the bass) is the 5th of the triad
In keyboard voicing, the soprano, alto, and tenor are on the
upper staff; bass is on the lower staff:
Below Aflat
G or Fx
Minor pentatonic scale
Scale degrees: 1 b3 4 5 b7
What chords are four-note chords…they're like a triad, but with an added note stacked on top (basically, a 4-part snowman)
Seventh Chords
Similar to intervals, triads can be different qualities:
Major, minor, diminished, augmented
C to B flat is a whole step or half step
half step
Notes of the chromatic scale:
(ascending)
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
Major seventh
Dominant seventh
Minor seventh
Half-diminished seventh
(Fully) Diminished seventh
When you're building diatonic chords, you only can use notes from
the scale of the key you're in.