Chord Quality

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CHORD QUALITY

MAJOR

Root position and general

First inversion

Second inversion

MINOR

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