Building block · what is that?

Major and minor triads

“Ich kann Dur- und Moll-Dreiklänge hören, aufbauen und unterscheiden.”

Strand: Pitch, scales and harmony
Grade band: Grade 5/6
Source: Kerncurriculum Hessen, Sekundarstufe I - Gymnasium, Musik (Hessisches Kultusministerium), mit Lehrplan Musik G9 Hessen

The chain

What you need before and what comes after, step by step.

Builds on · 12

Step 1

Focused listening · strand Listening to music and describing it

Step 2

Musical parameters · strand Listening to music and describing it
Hearing major and minor

Step 3

High and low notes

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Tones and semitones
Triad directly

Step 7

Major scale

Step 8

Structure of the minor scale directly

This building block · Step 9

Major and minor triads

Built on directly by

Step 10

Triad inversions
Tonic, subdominant, dominant
Chord symbols in a lead sheet · strand Notation and signs

After that, 8 more building blocks build on it in 3 further steps.

The whole chain in the map by steps

When is it taught?

Each curriculum sets in which grade a building block is taught. Without a chosen curriculum, the map shows the grade band.

Placement	Grade	In the curriculum	Status
Grade band	5/6	holds where no curriculum is chosen or captured	kept in the catalog
Other states (16)	–	–	not captured yet

Other states, not captured yet: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

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