Chords and Harmony
A group of 3 notes stacking in 3rds.
What is a triad?
A pattern of half and whole steps that creates a feeling of key.
What is a scale?
A system for organizing chords into four parts.
What is four- part harmony?
C- E- G
What are the notes in a C Major Chord?
A dynamic marking that means very loud.
What is fortissimo? (ff)
Major, minor, diminished, and augmented.
What are triadic qualities?
2 wholes, half, 3 wholes, half.
What is the formula for the major scale?
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
What are the voices in four -part writing?
F- A- C
What are the notes in an F Major Chord?
A dynamic marking that means moderately soft.
What is mezzo piano? (mp)
Color and tension created by notes sounding together.
What is quality?
whole, half, 2 wholes, half, 2 wholes
What is the formula of a natural minor scale?
Two chords that conclude a phrase of music.
What is a harmonic cadence?
G - B - D
What are the notes in a G major chord?
A gradual increase in loudness.
What is a crescendo?
The 3rd of a triad is the lowest note.
What is first inversion triad?
Natural minor with a raised 7th scale degree.
What is a harmonic minor scale?
The dominant (V or V7) followed by the tonic. (I)
What is an authentic cadence?
a- c- e
What are the notes in an A minor chord?
A gradual decrease in loudness.
What is a decrescendo? Or What is a diminuendo?
The 5th of the triad is the lowest note.
What is a second inversion triad?
Raise 6th and 7th on the ascending, and natural minor descending.
What is a melodic minor scale?
Any cadence ending on the dominant. (V)
What is a half cadence?
d- f - a
What are the notes in a D minor chord?
A style marking that means "in a singing style?"
What is cantabile?
The first note of the scale.
What is tonic?
Subdominant (IV) to tonic (I).
What is a plagal cadence?
e- g - b
A smooth, connected style of playing.
What is legato?
The second note of the scale.
What is the supertonic?
B- D- F
What are the notes of a B diminished chord?
A short, detached style of playing.
What is staccato?
The third note of the scale.
What is the mediant?
D- F- A♭
What are the notes in a D Diminished Chord?
A symbol meaning to hold a note for it's full value or slightly longer.
What is tenuto?
The fourth note of the scale.
What is the subdominant?
A- C- Eb
What are the notes in an A diminished chord?
What is a fermata?
The fifth note of the scale.
What is the dominant?
C- E- G#
What are the notes in a C Augmented chord?
A symbol placed above or below the note to emphasize it strongly.
What is a accent?
The sixth note of the scale.
What is the submediant?
E- G# -B#
What are the notes in an E augmented chord?
The seventh note of a scale.
What is the leading tone?
A- C#- E#
What are the notes for an A augmented chord?
G- B- D- F
What are the notes in a G dominant 7 chord?
A - C- E- G
What are the notes in an A minor 7 chord?
B- D- F-A♭
What are the notes in a B fully diminished 7 chord?