Diatonic Chords in Major and Minor Keys
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What defines a chord as being 'diatonic'?
View answer and explanationHow are chords that use notes not found in the scale of the passage classified?
View answer and explanationIn Roman numeral analysis, how is a major triad typically indicated?
View answer and explanationWhat is the conventional Roman numeral representation for a diminished triad?
View answer and explanationIn a major key, which three scale degrees have major triads built upon them?
View answer and explanationWhich scale degrees in a major key serve as the roots for diatonic minor triads?
View answer and explanationOn which single scale degree is a diminished triad found in a major key?
View answer and explanationAccording to the summary table for diatonic triads in major, how many augmented triads are found?
View answer and explanationIn the context of tonal music, which two scale steps of the minor scale are considered variable?
View answer and explanationWhat does the notation '↓6' signify in the discussion of the minor scale?
View answer and explanationWhat is the natural melodic tendency for the unaltered 6th (↓6) and 7th (↓7) degrees of the minor scale?
View answer and explanationThe roots of the most commonly used diatonic triads in a minor key belong to which form of the minor scale?
View answer and explanationIn a minor key, which three scale degrees commonly have major triads built upon them?
View answer and explanationWhich two scale degrees are the roots of common minor triads in a minor key?
View answer and explanationIn a minor key, which two scale degrees have diminished triads built upon them based on the common diatonic set?
View answer and explanationOn which two scale degrees is the triad quality the same in both major and minor keys?
View answer and explanationThe triad built on the mediant (scale degree 3) is minor in major keys (iii). What is its quality in minor keys?
View answer and explanationWhat is the quality of the triad built on the third scale degree (III) in a minor key when using the notes of the harmonic minor scale, as shown in Example 4-7?
View answer and explanationHow is a major seventh chord symbolized in Roman numeral analysis?
View answer and explanationIn Roman numeral analysis, what does an uppercase Roman numeral followed by a '7' (e.g., V7) signify?
View answer and explanationWhat is the correct Roman numeral symbol for a minor seventh chord, such as the one built on the supertonic in a major key?
View answer and explanationOn which two scale degrees of a major key are major seventh (M7) chords diatonically found?
View answer and explanationIn a major key, the major-minor seventh (Mm7) chord is found on which single scale degree?
View answer and explanationMinor seventh (m7) chords are found on which three scale degrees in a major key?
View answer and explanationOn which scale degree is a half-diminished seventh (ø7) chord found diatonically in a major key?
View answer and explanationHow many diatonic fully diminished seventh (°7) chords are there in a major key?
View answer and explanationMost of the notes in the commonly used diatonic seventh chords in a minor key belong to which scale?
View answer and explanationOn which scale degree is a fully diminished seventh (°7) chord commonly found in a minor key?
View answer and explanationIn the common set of diatonic chords for a minor key, on which two scale degrees are major seventh (M7) chords found?
View answer and explanationThe major-minor seventh (Mm7) chord is found on which scale degree in both major and minor keys?
View answer and explanationWhich two scale degrees in a minor key are roots for common minor seventh (m7) chords?
View answer and explanationIn a minor key, on which scale degree is a half-diminished seventh (ø7) chord commonly found?
View answer and explanationThe seventh chord built on the dominant (scale degree 5) is the only one that has the same quality in both major and minor keys. What is that quality?
View answer and explanationThe seventh chord on the supertonic (scale degree 2) is a minor seventh (ii7) in major keys. What is its common quality in minor keys?
View answer and explanationIn a major key, the seventh chord on the submediant (scale degree 6) is a minor seventh (vi7). What is its common quality in a minor key?
View answer and explanationHow is a dominant seventh (V7) chord in first inversion correctly symbolized?
View answer and explanationWhat quality of triad is indicated by an uppercase Roman numeral?
View answer and explanationA lowercase Roman numeral is used to indicate what two qualities of triad?
View answer and explanationIn the key of F major, what is the quality of the diatonic triad built on C?
View answer and explanationIn the key of B-flat major, what is the quality of the diatonic triad built on G?
View answer and explanationIn the key of d minor, what is the quality of the common diatonic triad built on F?
View answer and explanationIn the key of g minor, what is the quality of the common diatonic triad built on F-sharp?
View answer and explanationIn the key of C major, what is the quality of the diatonic seventh chord built on D?
View answer and explanationIn the key of D major, what is the quality of the diatonic seventh chord built on C-sharp?
View answer and explanationIn the key of a minor, what is the quality of the common diatonic seventh chord built on G-sharp?
View answer and explanationIn the key of e minor, what is the quality of the common diatonic seventh chord built on C?
View answer and explanationThe common diatonic triads in minor are based on the harmonic minor scale. However, the text notes one exception where a note falls outside this scale. Which note is it?
View answer and explanationWhat is the collective term for chords that contain no notes outside of the prevailing scale?
View answer and explanationHow does the chapter describe the functioning of the minor scale in tonal music, as opposed to the three separate scale forms often practiced by instrumentalists?
View answer and explanationWhat is the correct Roman numeral symbol for a minor seventh chord on the submediant of a major key, according to the notational conventions described?
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