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)
What famous classical composer was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770?
Who is Beethoven?
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)
Who was Beethoven's most influence early childhood music teacher?
Who was Christian Gottlob Neefe?
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?
What famous French Composer born in Paris on August 15th, 1890?
Who was Jacques Ibert?
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 person who taught Ibert music at a very young age.
Who was his pianist mother?
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?