Chapter+Seven

Alberti bass - The left-hand accompaniment pattern that harmonizes with an 'up-down-up' contour. The pitches at the beginning of each harmony change are typically the lowest notes in the chord and form the bass line

Arpeggiated bass - played one pitch at a time. When the notes in a triad alternate between the root and the fifth

Augmented triad - interval between the root and fifth degree is augmented

Chord - a group of pitches sounded together

Chord members - the pitches that make up a chord

Diminished seventh chord - a seventh chord consisting of a diminished triad as well as a diminished seventh

Diminished triad - a triad built on the seventh tone with a diminished fifth and a minor thirds

Dominant seventh chord - a seventh chord consisting of a major triad and a minor seventh

Fifth - fifth scale degree. Pitch in a triad that is five scale steps above the root

First inversion - a triad or seventh chord where the third pitch is below the bass

Fully diminished seventh chord - a seventh chord consisting of a diminished triad and a diminished seventh

Half-diminished seventh chord - a seventh chord consisting of a diminished triad and a minor seventh