Major + Minor Chords
The three scale degrees needed for a major chord.
What is 1, 3, 5?
The scale degrees needed for a diminished chord.
What is 1, b3, b5?
The scale degrees found in a dominant 7th chord.
What is 1, 3, 5, b7?
*Remember, the 7th is lowered to fit into the starting key signature, if not it would take the key signature from the 5th note.
The scale degrees found in a diminished 7th chord.
What is 1, b3, b5, bb7?
The scale degrees that make up a suspended chord.
What is 1, #3, 5?
This action, when applied to one of the scale degrees of a major chord, turns it into a minor chord.
What is lowering the 3rd a semitone? (half-step)
A chord with the scale degrees 1, 3, #5.
What is an augmented chord?
The scale degree that a dominant 7th chord starts on.
What is 5 (the dominant)?
The notes of a diminished 7th chord in C.
What is B, D, F, Ab?
*Remember: Diminished 7th chords start on the 7th scale degree of a major scale.
A chord with the notes C, Eb, G, D.
What is Cmin(add9)?
The notes of an F minor chord, 1st inversion.
What is Ab, C, F?
The process applied to a single scale degree that both Augmented and Diminished chords follow.
What is adjusting the 5th scale degree?
Dominant 7th chords create ______ and make a musical phrase want to ______.
What is tension, resolve?
The purpose of a diminished 7th chord.
What is to create tension and desperation for resolution?
The forbidden chord/interval...
What is a tritone?
The chord with the notes Bb, Eb, G in that order. (Key, major or minor quality, inversion)
What is an Eb major chord 2nd inversion?
A chord with the notes A#, D, F#. (Key, Augmented or Diminished, Inversion)
What is a D augmented chord second inversion?
The notes of a Dominant 7th chord in E major.
What is B, D#, F#, A?
The notes found in a C# Diminished 7th chord, 2nd inversion.
What is G, A#, C#, E?
Symbol used on chord sheets to denote a dominant 7th chord.
What is a degree symbol?
The scale degrees found in a major minor chord.
What is 1, b3, 5, 7?
The notes of a first inversion C# Lydian chord.
What is F, G, C#?
(Lydian is also another word for the major flat-five chord)
The notes of a Gb dominant 7th chord 3rd inversion.
(Yes, 7th chords can be inverted)
What is B, Db, F, Ab?
The two intervals overlapped to create a diminished 7th chord.
What is two tritones?
Extremity broken during the 2023 band trip to Banff.
What is an arm?