AS HARMONY

Term 2 Session 2
Objectives To be able to identify
chords and their inversions
 Starter
Swap the examples you have
completed for homework you have
8 minutes to respond to the
questions which your peer has asked
then return them to be marked.
 Identifying chords
All these pieces
are in G major
All these pieces are in
what chord Bb major what chord
number are these? number are these?
 Working out inversions
If a chord is in root position we tend
to just write the roman numeral.
However, technically, it would have
the letter a after it telling us it is
in root position the ROOT is in the
bass. Look
a at this bgrid in cthe key of
C I C E G
II D F A
III E G B
IV F A C
V G B D
VI A C E
VII B D F
 a b c
I C E G
II D F A
III E G B
IV F A C
V G B D
VI A C E
VII B D F

So IVb is a chord of FAC

with the A in the bass
VIc is a chord of ACE with E
in the bass
IIb is a chord of DFA with F
in the bass
 Task
Using the same table look at the following chords
and label them correctly.
 Homework
1) Create a similar table in the key of D
major
2) Answer the following
a) Bass note in IVb
b) Bass note in VIc
c) Bass note in Ib
d) Bass note in Vc
e) Bass note in IIIb
f) Bass note in IIb
g) Bass note in VIb
h) Bass note in IVc

Identify the following chords (you will

need to check the key)
Homework (task 2)
 Question 2
What is the key across all 4 bars of this
piece?
 Question 3
What is the key at the end of this piece (and how do
you know?)
 Spotting the key in your
harmony work
This is the first bar

Thoughts?
Last bar (where you fill in the
cadence)

Still think the

same?

Why? What
cadence are you
thinking?
 Middle bar

Includes accidentals
Are any of them relevant?
OR
Have they all been put in to catch you out?
Whats the key and cadence?
 Homework
Correct all the harmony work Ive
marked so far in your harmony books
(please complete in green pen)
Complete the extension work from
last lesson on SMHW if you havent
already.