Triads and Their Inversions

Practising triad identification across both major and harmonic minor keys specifically builds a foundation for understanding

• A.a factor entirely unrelated to building a foundation for advanced chord progressions
• B.the biography of a single, specific historical composer, rather than any harmonic skill
• C.traditional Nigerian festival classification, a subject unrelated to triad identification
• D.more advanced chord progressions

In the key of D major, the dominant (V) triad specifically is A major, built on the notes A, C sharp, and

• A.a factor entirely unrelated to E being the third note of the D major dominant triad
• B.E
• C.G, a note belonging instead to the subdominant triad of this particular key
• D.D, a note belonging instead to the tonic triad of this particular key, not the dominant

The triad built on the submediant (vi) degree, in a major key, specifically is a minor triad, often used as a substitute for the

• A.dominant, a degree whose own triad is instead major rather than minor
• B.a factor entirely unrelated to being used as a substitute for the tonic
• C.leading note, a degree whose own triad is instead diminished rather than minor
• D.tonic