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Quiz 2
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2.  a
3.  a
4.  b
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etc. through 10

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Music 221 - Music Theory
Quiz 3

1.    Major triad

        a. M3, +5
        b. M3, P5
        c. mi3, P5
        d. mi3, o5

2.    Diminished triad

       a. M3, +5
        b. M3, P5
        c. mi3, P5
        d. mi3, o5

3.    B major chord is spelled

        a. B -  D -  F
        b. Bb -  D -  F
        c. B - D# - F
        d. B - D# - F#

4.    A 6 alone under a bass note indicates a first inversion triad.

        a. True
        b. False

5.    Major triads occur commonly on

        a. supertonic, subdominant, and submediant in major; submediant, dominant, and leading tone in minor.
        b. tonic, subdominant, and dominant in minor; mediant, dominant, and submediant in major.
        c. mediant, dominant, submediant, and subtonic in minor; tonic, subdominant, and dominant in major.
        d. None of the above

6.    The Mediant triad in a minor key is usually a/an

        a. major triad.
        b. minor triad.
        c. diminished triad.
        d. augmented triad.

7.    The diminished triad on the 7th scale degree in minor is rooted on

        a. the natural 7th (subtonic).
        b. the raised 7th (leading tone).
        c. Both of the above
        d. Neither of  the above

8.    A 7 under a bass note implies

        a.  that there is a dominant seventh chord above it.
        b.  that the 7th above the bass is a minor 7th.
        c.  that the chord is inverted.
        d.  that there are intervals of a 3rd, a 5th, and a 7th above the note.

9.    The diminished chord and the augmented chord appear diatonically in both major and minor keys.

        a. True
        b. False

10.   If the interval of a 4th appears above a bass note, one can deduce that the triad is in

        a.  root position.
        b.  first inversion.
        c.  second inversion.
        d.  Not enough information to determine.