5th o

stackedby intervals of a 3rd

TRIAD 3rd
Root 0 Differentqualities
TertianHarmony

Illlle
OTHER CHORD Types

QUARTAL CHORD
Stacked
byintervals of a 4th
Differentqualities but NOT
Quartal Harmony commonly
diminished because a iv is same as HIT

POLYCHORD More than 1 Chord played together

o

PolytonalHarmony
0
The chords are generally placed far enough
apart to distinguish the 2 different chords

CLUSTER At least 3 notes lumpedtogether

S
perp

Cluster Quartal Polychoral 7th

Always the
Dominant 7
meeee interval from
Mff
meeee Major 7 ROOT
meeee Minor7 to 7th

meeee Diminished7
meeee Halfdiminished7
Qualities of
7 Chords
meme

Create a 7 Chord a that's a 7th above

the root to a Triad
by adding pitch

This creates a chord with 4 pitches stacked in 3rds

The qualities of thechords are made so
only by the key
signature DON'T ADD ANYTHING
use Harmonic Mirror T7
Only
If both I Chords
fromMajor Minor were
7thChordFiguredBass Isolated
youcan'ttell
which is which
Root 7 1stInv86g becausethey look
the same

2ndInv 431 3rdInv 421

CMajor

0
O OO OO
8
O
8 80
O
TRIAD

I
th I I I
Root 1stInv 2h4m 3rdInv
 f Major
In a IP chord the
7th of the chord the
LT are the same Still
resolve down 0R_
Use as common tone
celeee
Sometimes voice leading in 7 Chords cause parallel
5th no matter what in that case omit the 5th and
double root g 7th
3rd
Root
Root
198 Chapter 15

Exercises
A. Write, in four voices, the following seventh chords.

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F
C:D V7
G F
F:j V7 d: E V7
oof
f
c:BY
D Yr Eh: Vg
B B c
G C A G
2
t. v 6
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a)

ffi
r_l

Bh: vt fH: V*J o'

o' v9c Dh: V; D: Vt
o
J

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aJ

ffi
rl

H E
I
ffi r-fi-*l+ --

Ah' ii7 e: tv/ Gb: A: viilr eb: ii/8

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4
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I'FI T1 "I] I r'" 1
u_9- |-.--r-l_ti__=..-i 1#
aJ

I ll
tffi-
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Ffi: TYI E: iii| bb: vlf B: i1J cfi: viioT

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6. Solve the following dominant 7th chords'

c) d) e)
a) b)
, tL {z.P--e--l
tu
I

1V T' I
V I' E-'
1-
()
ffi
-T
l^ a.D fffi lff-+e l+g#_^ ffitr_1r-
fy--tr=_--T TY I'

root:
key:

position:

c) h) i) i)
0 --IIITTT T L
--r=rl-l -fi t+Ttl
--rlT-
II I

-----1 !_-)r--4
---#e---] Ilr1 I

d
<> lrl -o-
TI' TT
e rI to l*
Hr-.-
l:+-+-
I T Zr tflI IIII-TIT
-Z\r
TT Tt Irl
ffie_ T TI ''TI

root:
,
key:
position:

Tths' using E' as the lowest

7 Write the dominant 7th and inversions of other dominant
I-
note for each. Name two keys for each'
L

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inversion 2nd inversion 3rd inversion
root position 1st
L

key 1:

key 2:
L

Tths' using G as the lowest

8. Write the dominant 7th and inversions of other dominant
note for each. Name the minor key of each' !

root position lst inversion 2nd inversion 3rd inversion

key:
 _1 -
a
h) D major
:{
I
a
0 E minor
1
1
1
I1
2.
a)
Solve the following dominant 7th chords

b) c) d) e)
_a
-

root: r=
o- 7rl D

1
-
{
key
key 2:
l:
-a-
a
{

position:
T.q
a
0 h) i) i)

V x
root:
key 1:

key 2:
position: