Goals:
- ID qualities of triads (M, m, A, d)
- Spell triads with accidentals given root
- ID triads in real music
Plan:
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Qualities of triads:
- ask for the stable scale degrees, and write on the board in the Major key of your choice
- call it a Triad, and explain what that means
- 3-note harmony
- stacked 3rds
- define members of the chord: (intervals and chord members use same number)
- root (bottom note when stacked as a snowman)
- third of the chord
- fifth of the chord
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Analyze the Major triad and intervals above the bottom note
- M3 and P5
- makes sense since it’s the stable notes of the major scale, so it makes sense to have those intervals
- called a major triad because it fits in the major scale of the bottom note
- Repeat steps a. and c. with the parallel minor key
- m3 and p5, and called minor because it fits in minor scale of bottom note
- compare M and m--the distinctive interval is between the root and 3rd of the chord
- M3 and P5
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How to ID quality
- Major scale method:
- figure out Major scale of bottom note
- if all notes fit in the major scale, it’s a major triad
- if not all notes fit, how different, and is it larger or smaller
- intervals from the root method:
- spell the expected 3rd above the root
- spell the expected 5th above the root
- Aug. and dim triads
- same procedure as above
- Major scale method:
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Pop Chord (Page 149 - Popular chord notation)
- How we label triads
HW Due for Wednesday:
Read 143-151
7.1 Part 2, and 3.
7.2 Part 2, B