Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

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Basic Music Theory


  1. What are the intervals in a diminished triad?
    page 249

  2. What are the intervals in an augmented triad?
    page 250

  3. What are the qualities of the different types of
    triads?
    page 248, page 249, page 249, page 250

  4. What is a root position chord?
    page 260

  5. What is close harmony?
    page 260

  6. What is open harmony?
    page 260
    10. A note a minor 3rd
    above the root
    and another a
    diminished 5th
    above the root
    11. A note a Major 3rd
    above the root
    and another an
    augmented 5th
    above the root
    12. Major = happy;
    minor = sad;
    dim = suspenseful
    aug = unsettling
    13. A chord with the
    tonic of the chord
    as the lowest
    voice of the chord
    14. When the notes of
    a chord are places
    as close together
    as possible
    15. A chord spread
    over more than an
    octave with space
    between chord
    tones

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