Triads and Voice Leading

Question 1

What are the primary triads?

Answer 1

Tonic, subdominant, and dominant

Question 2

What are the secondary triads?

Answer 2

Supertonic, mediant, submediant, and subtonic

Question 3

What are the group 1 triads?

Answer 3

Dominant function:

V, vii°/VII, and III+

Question 4

What are the group 2 triads?

Answer 4

Subdominant function:
Major keys: IV/ii
Minor keys: iv/ii°

Question 5

What are the group 3 triads?

Answer 5

Tonic function:

vi/VI

Question 6

What are the group 4 triads?

Answer 6

Tonic function:

iii/III

Question 7

What is an elision?

Answer 7

When one or more chord groups are skipped in a progression

Question 8

What is a neutral tonic chord?

Answer 8

When the tonic chord appears anywhere in a normal progression without a dominant preparation

Question 9

What is retrogression?

Answer 9

When chords move through groups in reverse order