Chapter+7

Alberti Bass: The left hand accompanimental pattern arpeggiates the harmony with an up down up contour.

 Arpeggiated bass: Played one pitch at a time.

 Augmented triad: The interval between the root and the fifth is an augmented fifth and both of its thirds are major.

 Chord: A group of pitches that form a single harmonic idea. Their pitches may sound all at once or they might sound in succession.

 Chord members: Root, Third, or fifth.

 Diminished seventh chords: Diminished triad and a minor seventh.

 Diminished triad: Has a diminished fifth between the root and the fifth, and both of its thirds are minor.

 Dominant seventh chord: Major minor seventh chord. A letter name plus 7.

 Fifth: The highest pitch of a triad.

 First Inversion: Of the third of the triad is the lowest.

 Fully diminished seventh chord: Diminished triad and a diminished seventh.

 Half diminished seventh chord: Leading tone seventh chord is the only one that has a diminished triad with a minor seventh.

 Inversion: Triads have some chord member other than the root in the lowest sounding voice.

 Lead sheet chord notation: A popular music notation with chord symbols above the melody line.

 Major seventh chord: The seventh chord built on scale degree one is major with a major seventh. Major Major seventh chord.

 Minor seventh chord: The seventh chord on scale degree two is a minor triad with a minor seventh. minor minor seventh chord.

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<span style="border-top-color: #cccccc; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; color: #404040; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.35 !important; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px; width: 36em;"> Root Position: When the root is on the bottom of the triad.

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