Music 112

1. Music 112 Exam Review P2 Harmony

2. Intervals • Chords • Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished • Other chords (Inversions, Sevenths, Suspended) • Stuff to review on Wednesday • Chord Progressions • I IV V I • Cadence • Modulation Harmony Review

3. An interval in music means the distance between two notes • Can be described by # and Quality • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 • and Quality • Major (M) Minor (m) Perfect (P) Augmented (+) and Diminished (0) Intervals

4. Triad – Root, Third and Fifth (Snowman) • Major – R,M3,P5 • Minor – R,m3,P5 • Augmented – R,M3,#5 • Diminished – R,m3,b5 • Chords can be built using intervals or by using key Signature (Circle of fifths) • The C major chord is the I chord in C major • C Major scale has no #s and flats • C Major is C-E-G • C minor is C-Eb(m3)-G • C Augmented is C-E-G# • C Diminshedis C–Eb-Gb Chords

5. Triad with a 7thon Top (4 ball snowman) • 5 types – we have only really dealt with 3 • The chart you need to know should look like this 7th Chords

6. Chord Inversion • a C major triad contains the tones C, E and G; its inversion is determined by which of these tones is used as the bottom note in the chord. • We Describe Inversions the Guitar way C/G (G is in the Bass Inversions

7. C D E F G A B • 2 3 4 5 6 7 A suspended chord (sus chord) is a chord in which the third is omitted, replaced usually with either a perfect or a major second Csus2 Csus4 C-D-G C-F-G 1-2-5 1-4-5 Suspensions