Units 1-2 (RCM Harmony 9)| Prep Study Material with 100% Verified Answers| 2025/2026

Units 1-2 (RCM Harmony 9)| Prep Study Material with 100% Verified Answers| 2025/2026 What is the formula for a major triad? Major 3rd, perfect 5th What interval relationships make up a minor triad? Minor 3rd, perfect 5th Which intervals are present in an augmented triad? Major 3rd, augmented 5th What is the formula for a diminished triad? Minor 3rd, diminished 5th What intervals define a dominant 7th chord? Major 3rd, perfect 5th, minor 7th How is a diminished 7th chord constructed? Minor 3rd, diminished 5th, diminished 7th Which triads are diatonic in a major key, and what are their qualities? 2 I (maj), ii (min), iii (min), IV (maj), V (maj), vi (min), viio (dim) What are the diatonic triads in a minor key, and what are their qualities? i (min), iio (dim), III (maj), iv (min), V (maj), VI (maj), viio (dim) What type of triad is formed by a major 3rd and a perfect 5th? Major triad What is the characteristic interval structure of a diminished 7th chord? Minor 3rd, diminished 5th, diminished 7th Which chord quality is formed by a minor 3rd and a perfect 5th? Minor triad What interval relationship makes an augmented triad different from a major triad? An augmented 5th replaces the perfect 5th in an augmented triad How does a dominant 7th chord differ from a major triad? It includes a minor 7th interval in addition to the major 3rd and perfect 5th What is the formula for a minor triad and how does it differ from a major triad? Minor 3rd, perfect 5th (the major triad has a major 3rd and perfect 5th) 3 In the key of C major, what are the diatonic triads and their qualities? I (maj), ii (min), iii (min), IV (maj), V (maj), vi (min), viio (dim) What are the triads in a minor key and how does the iio (dim) triad differ from the ii (min) triad in a major key? i (min), iio (dim), III (maj), iv (min), V (maj), VI (maj), viio (dim); The iio triad is diminished, whereas the ii triad in a major key is minor Which triad has a formula of minor 3rd and diminished 5th? Diminished triad What chord quality is typically represented by the viio triad in both major and minor keys?