Lesson test: Triads and sevenths

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Triads and sevenths

1.[3p]
Match each triad quality to the semitones of its two stacked thirds.

Major triad
Minor triad
Diminished triad
Augmented triad

4 then 3
4 then 4
3 then 3
3 then 4

Show the answer

Major triad: 4 then 3 Minor triad: 3 then 4 Diminished triad: 3 then 3 Augmented triad: 4 then 4

2.[3p]
Which sequence gives the qualities of the seven diatonic triads of a major key, from degree 1?

Major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished

Correct

Major, major, minor, minor, major, minor, diminished

The answer is: Major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished

Minor, diminished, major, minor, minor, major, major

The answer is: Major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished

Major, minor, major, minor, major, minor, augmented

The answer is: Major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished

3.[2p]
Name the root of the vii chord of E flat major, in the form F#.

CorrectNot quite: D

4.[3p]
Give the chord symbol for ii7 in B flat major, in the form Cm7.

CorrectNot quite: Cm7

5.[2p]
How many semitones separate the root and the seventh of a dominant seventh chord?

CorrectNot quite: 10

6.[2p]
Which seventh chord occurs on exactly one degree of a major scale, that degree being the fifth?

The dominant seventh

Correct

The major seventh

The answer is: The dominant seventh

The minor seventh

The answer is: The dominant seventh

The half-diminished seventh

The answer is: The dominant seventh

7.[2p]
A triad in first inversion has its third in the bass, and the figured bass symbol is 6.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

8.[2p]
Where does the major V chord in a minor key come from?

The raised seventh degree of the harmonic minor scale

Correct

The natural minor scale, which already contains it

The answer is: The raised seventh degree of the harmonic minor scale

The relative major key

The answer is: The raised seventh degree of the harmonic minor scale

A borrowed chord from the parallel major

The answer is: The raised seventh degree of the harmonic minor scale

9.[3p]
Put these chords of C major in the order of a falling-fifth chain starting from I.

A minor
C
F
G
B diminished
D minor
E minor

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a, b, c, d, e, f, g

1.[3p] Match each triad quality to the semitones of its two stacked thirds.

2.[3p] Which sequence gives the qualities of the seven diatonic triads of a major key, from degree 1?

3.[2p] Name the root of the vii chord of E flat major, in the form F#.

4.[3p] Give the chord symbol for ii7 in B flat major, in the form Cm7.

5.[2p] How many semitones separate the root and the seventh of a dominant seventh chord?

6.[2p] Which seventh chord occurs on exactly one degree of a major scale, that degree being the fifth?

7.[2p] A triad in first inversion has its third in the bass, and the figured bass symbol is 6.

8.[2p] Where does the major V chord in a minor key come from?

9.[3p] Put these chords of C major in the order of a falling-fifth chain starting from I.

1.[3p]
Match each triad quality to the semitones of its two stacked thirds.

2.[3p]
Which sequence gives the qualities of the seven diatonic triads of a major key, from degree 1?

3.[2p]
Name the root of the vii chord of E flat major, in the form F#.

4.[3p]
Give the chord symbol for ii7 in B flat major, in the form Cm7.

5.[2p]
How many semitones separate the root and the seventh of a dominant seventh chord?

6.[2p]
Which seventh chord occurs on exactly one degree of a major scale, that degree being the fifth?

7.[2p]
A triad in first inversion has its third in the bass, and the figured bass symbol is 6.

8.[2p]
Where does the major V chord in a minor key come from?

9.[3p]
Put these chords of C major in the order of a falling-fifth chain starting from I.