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Triads and Seventh Chords

Question 1
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What must occur when preparing and resolving a dissonant fourth interval between tenor and bass voices in four-part harmony?

Question 2
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A composer wants to introduce tension by employing non-chord tones into a contrapuntal passage; which non-chord tone creates dissonance when played against chord tones but resolves stepwise down?

Question 3
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1 mark

If a seventh chord is in third inversion, how does its figured bass symbol change when it resolves conventionally?

Question 4
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1 mark

Which type of modulation makes use of scales or tonal centers related by whole tone steps?

Question 5
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1 mark

Which figure in figured bass notation corresponds to a root position seventh chord?

Question 6
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1 mark

In a minor key piece where the dominant is presented in second inversion just before transitioning to the tonic in root position, what is the figured bass notation for this dominant chord?

Question 7
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1 mark

If an F# diminished triad appears in root position within a harmonic progression in D minor, what roman numeral would appropriately represent its function?

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Question 8
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1 mark

Which chord member is in the bass in a first inversion triad?

Question 9
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1 mark

How does Roman numeral analysis denote that an augmented sixth interval resolves outwardly by half step movements when encountered within harmonic progression?

Question 10
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In a four-voice texture, if the soprano voice is on G, the alto on E, the tenor on C, and the bass plays an F, which chord inversion is represented?