Unit 3: Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords

________ triad- The chord built on the seventh scale degree in natural minor.

The I, ________, and V chords are major, while the ii, iii, and vi chords are minor.

The i, iv, and v chords are minor, while the ________, VI, and VII chords are major.

________- A three- note chord made up of two intervals stacked in thirds.

________- The lower note of the chord.

The minor ________ are built using the notes of the natural minor scale.

________ are indicated with uppercase Roman numbers.

The ________ is the same in major and harmonic minor.

Minor triads are indicated with ________ numbers.

There are seven ________ in each key, each one built on a different note of the scale.

A group of pitches that forms a single harmonic idea

A three-note chord made up of two intervals stacked in thirds

The lower note of the chord

The middle note because its an interval of a third above the root

The upper note, its a fifth above the root

The chord built on the seventh scale degree in natural minor

Contains four notes

A set of chords that are derived from the notes of a particular key

Consists of the bass line and the Arabic numbers under the bass line that represent the intervals above the bass to be played

To indicate the lowest-sounding note within a chord

• I (major)

• ii (minor)

• iii (minor)

• IV (major)

• V (major)

• vi (minor)

• vii° (diminished)