Mastering Music Triads

A five-note scale

A four-beat rhythm

A type of musical instrument

A three-note chord (correct)

Major (correct)

Minor

Diminished

Augmented

Two

Five

Four

Three (correct)

<p>The three notes that make up a triad in music theory are the root, the third, and the fifth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The interval between the root and the third in a triad can be either a minor third (three semitones) or a major third (four semitones).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The interval between the third and the fifth in a triad can be either a minor third or a major third, resulting in a diminished fifth (six semitones), perfect fifth (seven semitones), or augmented fifth (eight semitones) in relation to the root.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most commonly used interval above the root in Western classical, popular, and traditional music is the perfect fifth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to some 20th-century theorists, a triad is defined as any combination of three different pitches, regardless of their specific intervals.</p> Signup and view all the answers