MUSI1023 - Tutorial 5

Diatonic 7th Chords and Recognizing Chords

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Reminders for Assignment 1
Question 3 - Write the modes/scales

• Assume two separate bars for ascending and descending orders

• accidentals apply to subsequent notes on the same staff position

• e.g.: D harmonic minor (ascending & descending)

Reminders for Assignment 1
Question 4 - Identifying scales/modes from excerpts

• Minor key - an excerpt may be built on more than one type of minors

• e.g. mixture of harmonic minor/ melodic minor/ natural minor

• Do not need to state the type of minors unless only one type of minors is
used in an excerpt
Reminders for Assignment 1
Question 5 - Realizing figure bass
Reminders for Assignment 1
Question 5 - Realizing figure bass

• “When sharps or flats are used with key signatures, they may have a slightly
different in 17th-century music. A sharp might be used to cancel a flat in the
key signature, or vice versa, instead of a natural sign.”

• e.g.:
Reminders for Assignment 1
Question 5 - Realizing figure bass

• Need to think with logical way

• Check if the types of triads (+ / M / m / º ) can be identified after adding the

accidentals

• ONLY M3 or m3 between notes next to each other

Lecture 5 Handout
Five commonly used 7th-chord types:
Lecture 5 Handout
Close/ open voicing

• Close structure: less than an octave (between soprano and tenor)

• Open structure: an octave or more (between soprano and tenor)

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Lecture 5 Handout Gi 三
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