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chord: a set of simultaneously sounding notes cadence: a specific pattern of chords leading to or from stability
triad: a set of three notes built from an arpeggio
major triad: a set of three notes built from the major arpeggio

    
Cmaj Gmaj Cmaj

  
  
 
stable —————————— unstable —————————— stable


roman numerals: I V I
inversion: a rotation of a chord
first inversion: third scale degree on the bottom
second inversion: fifth scale degree on the bottom

      
m3 P4 m3 P4


3


 
Cmaj


Gmaj


Write out the key signature and cadence as the first two bars in the following keys:
F major:


5 Fmaj Cmaj Fmaj


G major:


7 Gmaj Dmaj Gmaj

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