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Unit 3: Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords

Quick questions on Seventh chord inversions and figures - AP Music Theory Unit 3

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Which chord tone is in the bass of a third-inversion seventh chord, and what is its figure? [1 point]
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A D dominant seventh chord (D, F sharp, A, C) has F sharp in the bass. Name the inversion and figure. [2 points]
What is not locating the seventh?
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The chordal seventh sets both the figure and the resolution; failing to find it leads to a wrong inversion and a wrong voice-leading answer later.

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