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Library AP Music Theory Unit 3: Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords
⁂   AP Music Theory · Unit 3

3. Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords

Key topics: Triad qualities: major, minor, diminished, augmented, Diatonic triads and Roman numeral labeling in major and minor keys, Chord inversions (root position, first inversion, second inversion), Figured bass symbols for triads (5/3, 6, 6/4), Seventh chord types (major-major, major-minor/dominant, minor-minor, half-diminished, fully diminished), Diatonic seventh chords and their Roman numerals, Seventh chord inversions and figured bass (7, 6/5, 4/3, 4/2).

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Unit 3: Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords

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Topics in this unit

  • Triad qualities: major, minor, diminished, augmented
  • Diatonic triads and Roman numeral labeling in major and minor keys
  • Chord inversions (root position, first inversion, second inversion)
  • Figured bass symbols for triads (5/3, 6, 6/4)
  • Seventh chord types (major-major, major-minor/dominant, minor-minor, half-diminished, fully diminished)
  • Diatonic seventh chords and their Roman numerals
  • Seventh chord inversions and figured bass (7, 6/5, 4/3, 4/2)