Music Transcription Chord Quality and Inversions Questions and Answers

Question 1

A triad consists of the notes B-flat, D-flat, and F-flat. What is the quality of this chord?

Accepted Answer

Diminished

Answer

Major

Answer

Augmented

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Minor

Question 2

You are transcribing a piano piece and identify a chord containing the notes E, G, and C, with the note G as the lowest sounding pitch. What is the correct description of this chord?

Accepted Answer

C major in second inversion

Answer

C major in root position

Answer

E minor in first inversion

Answer

G major in root position

Question 3

Which of the following sets of notes correctly forms a dominant seventh chord with a root of G?

Accepted Answer

G - B - D - F

Answer

G - B - D - F#

Answer

G - Bb - D - F

Answer

G - B - D# - F

Question 4

While transcribing, you hear a triad that sounds uniquely unstable, tense, and almost "yearning" or "sci-fi" in quality. It lacks the stability of major or minor chords. Which chord quality is being described?

Accepted Answer

Augmented

Answer

Minor

Answer

Major

Answer

Diminished

Question 5

A transcriber notates a chord and adds the figured bass symbol '6/5' below the bass note. What does this symbol indicate?

Accepted Answer

A seventh chord in first inversion

Answer

A major triad in first inversion

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A seventh chord in root position

Answer

A minor triad in second inversion

Question 6

For a chord to be correctly identified as a G minor triad in second inversion, which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

The fifth of the chord (D) must be the lowest sounding note.

Answer

The note B-flat must be the lowest sounding note.

Answer

The root of the chord (G) must be the highest sounding note.

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The quality of the fifth above the root must be diminished.

A triad consists of the notes B-flat, D-flat, and F-flat.What is the quality of this chord?

A triad consists of the notes B-flat, D-flat, and F-flat.
What is the quality of this chord?