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Music Grade 9-12

Music: Music Theory: Intervals and Chord Inversions

Identifying intervals, triads, seventh chords, and inversions

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Practice naming melodic and harmonic intervals, identifying chord qualities, and recognizing chord inversions using note names and figured bass symbols.

Read each problem carefully. Show your work in the space provided, including note counting, interval quality, chord quality, and inversion when needed.

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Identifying intervals, triads, seventh chords, and inversions

Music - Grade 9-12

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Show your work in the space provided, including note counting, interval quality, chord quality, and inversion when needed.
  1. 1
    Treble staff showing an ascending interval from middle C to G.

    Identify the interval from C up to G. Give both the number and quality of the interval.

  2. 2
    Treble staff showing an ascending interval from E to C.

    Identify the interval from E up to C. Give both the number and quality of the interval.

  3. 3
    Treble staff showing an ascending interval from F to B.

    Identify the interval from F up to B. Give both the number and quality of the interval.

  4. 4
    Treble staff showing an ascending interval from A to C sharp.

    Identify the interval from A up to C sharp. Give both the number and quality of the interval.

  5. 5
    Treble staff showing a G, B, and D triad with G as the lowest note.

    A triad has the notes G, B, and D, with G as the lowest sounding note. Identify the chord quality and inversion.

  6. 6
    Treble staff showing an E, G, and C triad with E as the lowest note.

    A triad has the notes E, G, and C, with E as the lowest sounding note. Identify the chord quality and inversion.

  7. 7
    Treble staff showing an A, D, and F sharp triad with A as the lowest note.

    A triad has the notes A, D, and F sharp, with A as the lowest sounding note. Identify the chord quality and inversion.

  8. 8
    Treble staff showing a B, D, and F triad with B as the lowest note.

    A triad has the notes B, D, and F, with B as the lowest sounding note. Identify the chord quality and inversion.

  9. 9
    Treble staff showing A minor triad in root position and first inversion.

    Write the notes of an A minor triad in root position. Then write the same triad in first inversion.

  10. 10
    Treble staff showing a seventh chord with C as the lowest note and F, A, and E flat included.

    A seventh chord has the notes F, A, C, and E flat, with C as the lowest sounding note. Identify the chord quality and inversion.

  11. 11

    Match each figured bass symbol to the correct triad inversion: 6, 6/4, and no symbol or 5/3.

  12. 12
    Treble staff showing four chord stacks for a C major chord progression.

    Analyze the chord progression: C major in root position, G major in first inversion, A minor in root position, F major in second inversion. Write the Roman numerals with inversion figures in the key of C major.

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