Chords & Cadences

Identify this chord on the staff (root position).

Identify the quality of this triad on the staff.

This is a dominant seventh chord. Name it and state how many notes it has.

What is a triad, in terms of how its notes are stacked?

A triad has a major 3rd above the root and a perfect 5th above the root. What quality is it?

A triad has a minor 3rd and a diminished 5th. The book gives this an explicit name and construction — what is it?

Two triads both have a minor 3rd above the root. How do you tell a minor triad from a diminished triad?

A triad has a major 3rd above the root, like a major chord — but the 5th is raised. What quality is it?

Match each of the four triad qualities to its (3rd, 5th) pair.

These two chords contain the same three notes. Which is root position and which is 1st inversion?

In a MAJOR scale, on which degrees do you get a major triad, and on which do you get a minor triad?

Which single degree of the major scale carries the diminished triad, and why is it the odd one out?

How many notes are in a dominant seventh chord, and what is its exact interval structure?

A four-note chord stacked in thirds — does that automatically make it a dominant seventh (V7)?

On which scale degree is a dominant seventh chord (V7) found, and what does the symbol "7" added to a chord name signal?

To identify an unknown chord and its position, what must you do FIRST before naming it?

The book says learners confuse three terms: fundamental (root), bass, and tonic. What's the distinction?

Name each triad inversion by which chord tone sits in the bass: root position, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion.

A seventh chord (V7) has an inversion a triad does NOT. Which is it, and what is in the bass?

What two chords make a perfect (authentic) cadence, and what extra condition must hold?

A cadence goes V → I, but one of the chords is in an inversion. Perfect or imperfect?

Which cadence is IV → I (the "amen" cadence), and why is it NOT a perfect cadence?

What is the deceptive/interrupted cadence (cadence rompue), and how does it differ from a perfect cadence?

What defines a half cadence (demi-cadence / cadence à la dominante)?