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Chapter Three
Basic Harmonic Structures
Triads

A.

?
1
www 2 3 4
b www
5
ww
w
E X G C X

# www b b www
6 7 8 9 10
? ww
w b b b www
X D B Gb Db

B. 1 G#M 2 Dbm 3 B#o 4 A+ 5 Gb+

6 C#m 7 Db+ 8 F#o 9 EM 10 A#m

11 Go 12 Eo 13 Fm 14 Abo 15 Bb+

C. 1 Change Ab to An 2 Change D to D# 3 Change B# to Bb

4 Change C to Cb 5 Change Eb to Ebb 6 Change Eb to En
7 Change D to Db 8 Change E# to En 9 Change B to Bb
10 Change Bbbto Bb

b b b www
D.

& # # # www
1 2 3
b b ∫ www
4
# ‹ www 5
#w
# ww
6 7 8
www 9 b b b www 10
B b b www # www # www
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B w # # # www # # # www
b www b ww
11 12 13 14 15
b ww
w
w ‹ # # www
?16 w # ‹ ‹ www b b ww
17 18 19 20
b ww b b ∫ www

Inversions

A. The upper notes of the chords may be stacked in other ways.

#w 1 2 3
#w
4 5
w
& #w #w b b ww w ww w w w
w w w #w #w
? ww w b w b b ww # w # w
# w # ww w w
b ww b ww

1 2 R 1 R
6 7 8 9 10
w ww #w bw w
& w w b w bw w w
? # ww # www w w ww # www b w bb ww w #w
w ww bw #w w
1 2 1 2 2

B.
1 1 2 1 3 2 4 R 5 2 6 1 7 R 8 2 9 2 10 1
m m M m M + o o m +

C. Measure: 1 2 3 4
Root: X Bb Bb Eb F Eb Bb X
Type: M M M m M M
Inversion: 1 1 R 1 2 R
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Measure: 5 6 7 8
Root: F Eb Bb Eb X D X Bb
Type: m M M M o M
Inversion: 1 2 R R R R

Seventh Chords

A.
1 mm7 2 MM7 3 om7 4 oo7 5 oo7
6 om7 7 MM7 8 Mm7 9 mm7 10 om7
11 oo7 12 MM7 13 Mm7 14 Mm7 15 oo7

B. 1 oo7 2 om7 3 oo7 4 MM7 5 mm7

1 1 3 2 2
6 MM7 7 mm7 8 om7 9 Mm7 10 MM7
1 1 1 1 2

C.
ww b www b ww
b b www ww
1 2 3 4 5
& ww ww
bw w # ww
6
# # www
7
b b www
8 www 9 b wwww 10
B #w bw bw b b wwww

bw bw
B b b b www
11 12
b b b www
13 b b b www 14
# www
15
b wwww
w # w

? b b b www
16 17 #w
# www
18
b b www
19 b b wwww 20 b b www
bw bw bw
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D.

b ww 2 # # www 3 b w
1 4 5 6
b www # # ww b ww
7
b ww 8 # # ww 9
b bb wwww
b
10
& b ww w b b ww
w w # # ww b b ww # ww # # ww b w
b www

?11## ## wwww 12
w
w
13 b w 14
w # w
15
b w
16 17 18
www # # # www
19
www 20
b b wwww
# # ww b b ww # # # www b b b www b bb wwww #w #w w

E. Measure: 0 1 2 3 4
Root: G D G D G C D G C D G C G D G
Type: M Mm7 M M M M Mm7 M M Mm7 M M M M M
Inversion: R 2 R 1 R 1 1 R R 3 1 R 2 R R

?# c œ œœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙
œ œ œ œ

Could anyone love this bass line? Employing only three pitches, it leaps
relentlessly back and forth. Clearly, Kocher’s bass line is much more interesting
and melodic.