____ 2. The root is the note that gives the triad its name.
____ 3. Major and minor chords have the same qualities in their thirds.
____ 4. The diminished triad is symbolised by a minus sign ‘-’.
____ 5. Augmented and diminished triads are considered consonant.
____ 6. The diminished triad is not diatonic to any major key.
____ 7. The augmented chord does not fit the normal pattern of stacked
thirds.
____ 8. The major seventh chord is made up of a major third, perfect fifth,
and a major seventh from the root.
____ 9. There are four positions of inversion possible for the seventh
chords.
b. Choose the correct answer.
The root ____.
a. is the first note of a chord
b. gives the chord its name
c. is the first note of a scale
d. a and b
The difference between major and minor triads lies in ____.
a. the quality of their roots
b. the quality of their thirds
c. the quality of their fifths
d. b and c
The minor triad can be symbolised by ____.
a. the letter name by itself
b. the letter name followed by ‘mi’