Chords and Triads above the Scale

Question 1

chord

Answer 1

• when you have three or more notes played at once

Question 2

triads

Answer 2

• chords that are constructed three notes stack on 3rds
• A, C, E is a triad, A, C, D is not a triad
• you can get a sense of the tonality of a scale degree by playing a triad for each note in the scale
• the tonic in a C major scale would be C, e, G as a major triad. where D is the second scale degree and would have a minor triad (D, F, A)
• when the notes are in a triad the first (bottom) note is the root note. the middle note is the third and the top note is the fifth of the chord

Question 3

triads are two sets of stacked 3rds notated on either all lines or all spaces

Answer 3

• true

Question 4

in a major key, name the 3 scale degrees that have major triads built above them

Answer 4

• 1, 4, 5

Question 5

in a major key, name the 3 scale degrees that have minor triads built above them and the one scale degree that has a diminshed triad

Answer 5

• 2, 3, 5, 7

Question 6

a chord is a group of pitches that form a single ______ idea

Answer 6

• harmonic