CHORD QUALITIES

MAJOR

Root position and general
• Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": II
• J. Strauss: The Blue Danube Waltz
• Berlioz: Damnation of Faust
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21: II
• Berlioz: Torreador from Carmen
• Mendelssohn: Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream
• Bocherini: Minuet
• Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
• Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire
• Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
First inversion
• Brahms: Lulluby
• Vivaldi: Spring, II from The Four Seasons
Second inversion
• Taps (Bugle call)
• Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music
• Bizet: "Habanera from Carmen

MINOR

• Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata
• Handel: Adagio from Water Music
• Vivaldi: Spring: II from The Four Seasons
• Beethoven: Fur Elise
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets

DIMINISHED

• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3: I as arpeggiated in oboe
• Schubert: Ave Maria as arpeggiated in tenors
• Mozart: Eine Kleine Nacht Musik: I as arpeggiated in Violin I

AUGMENTED

• DeBenedetti: Tango Argentina

DOMINANT SEVENTH

• Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21: II   F: V7
• Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik   G: V7
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7: I   A: V7
• Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire    G: V7
• Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": II   C: V7
• Bocherini: Minuet   A: V7
• Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata C#m: V6/5
• Beethoven: Sonata Op.13, "Pathetique" Gm: V6/5

MAJOR SEVENTH

• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2: III    A: I7
• J. Strauss: Vienna Woods    F M7, First Inversion

MINOR SEVENTH

• Beethoven: "Moonlight" Sonata   C# min: i4/2
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2: III    very last arpeggiation: F#m7 as A: vi7

DIMINISHED SEVENTH

• Attributed to Bach: Toccata in D Minor   Dm: viio7
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8, op. 13, "Pathétique"   End of excerpt; Third inversion

HALF DIMINISHED SEVENTH

• J. Strauss: The Blue Danube Waltz   D: vii half dim7
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2: III   second arpeggiation is A: vii half dim7
• Debusssy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun   A# root

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