{"id":14295,"date":"2016-09-09T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=14295"},"modified":"2024-10-07T17:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T01:26:38","slug":"chord-quiz-what-do-you-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/chord-quiz-what-do-you-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Chord Quiz: “What Do You See?” (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s lesson, we’ll be doing a chord quiz that I captioned “what do you see?”<\/p>\n

When a chord is played at random, what do you see? Do you just stop at identifying the chord?<\/p>\n

Truth be told, recognizing a chord (aka – “chord recognition”) is good, but knowing its function and how it is applied is better. This lesson is basically a quiz that will drill you on the harmonic functions of chords.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in going beyond the recognition of chords to knowing their functions, then this chord quiz is for you.<\/p>\n

Chord Quiz – Number One<\/h2>\n

Given the chord below:
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\n…what do you see?<\/p>\n

You can either choose to see just a C major triad:
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\n…or to go beyond seeing a C major triad to seeing<\/p>\n

Chord one<\/strong>:
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\n…in the key of C:
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Chord four<\/strong>:
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\n…in the key of G:
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\n…and chord five<\/strong>:
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\n…in the key of F:
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\nIt’s common for everyone to perceive the given triad as the C major triad:<\/p>\n

…however, a musician who is exposed to the harmonic functions of chords goes beyond seeing just a C major triad to seeing other harmonic potentials in the triad.<\/p>\n

In the key of C:
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\n…the chord of the first degree (aka – “the tonic triad<\/a>“) is the C major triad:
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\nIn the key of G:
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\n…where the fourth degree is C:
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\n…the chord of the fourth degree is the C major triad:
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\nIn the key of F:
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\n…where the fifth degree is C:
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\n…the chord of the fifth degree is the C major triad:
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\nSo when this chord is given:
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\n…do you see just a C major triad, or do you go beyond the C major triad to see the following…<\/p>\n