MUSIC THEORY

Music 222

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Quiz 5

1.    A seventh chord is
        a.    a four note chord.
        b.    a triad with a third added to the top.
        c.    a triad with a 7th added from the root.
        d.    All of the above

2.    How many commonly used types of seventh chords are there?
        a.    3
        b.    4
        c.    5
        d.    6

3.    The dominant 7th chord is a
        a.    major triad with a minor 7th.
        b.    minor triad with a major 7th.
        c.    major triad with a major 7th.
        d.    None of the above

4.    The interval of a tritone appears only in the dominant 7th chord.
        a.    True
        b.    False

5.    The Major 7th chord appears on
        a.    tonic, subdominant, and submediant in major keys and dominant and submediant in minor keys.
        b.    subdominant and dominant in major keys and mediant and submediant in minor keys.
        c.    tonic and subdominant in major keys and mediant and submediant in minor keys.
        d.   tonic and dominant in major keys and dominant and submediant in minor keys.

6.    The diminished 7th chord can only be found diatonically on
        a.    the leading tone in major or minor.
        b.    the leading tone in minor.
        c.    the leading tone in major and the supertonic in minor.
        d.    All of the above

7.    The tritone, contained in a dominant 7th chord, occurs between the
        a.    supertonic and dominant of the key.
        b.    mediant and leading tone of the key.
        c.    subdominant and the leading tone of a key.
        d.    leading tone and the dominant of a key.

8.    The dominant 7th chord is expected to resolve to a
        a.    I or i chord.
        b.    iii or III chord.
        c.    viio6 chord.
        d.    2nd class chord.

9.    The complete dominant 7th chord usually resolves to
        a.    a complete tonic chord.
        b.    an incomplete tonic chord.
        c.    a tonic 6-4 chord.
        d.    None of the above.

10.  In a 3-voice dominant 7th chord or in a 4-voice incomplete dominant 7th the most commonly omitted chord tone is the
        a.    root.
        b.    third.
        c.    fifth.
        d.    seventh.
 


William S. Bartolotta
Music Department
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529