English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

____ 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.




  1. 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




  2. 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




  3. The minor triad can be symbolised by ____.
    a. the letter name by itself
    b. the letter name followed by ‘mi’



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