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What are the names of these piano chords?

Q. I have this really cool chord progression! It goes like this:

First Chord: Eb/Ab/Bb
Second: Eb/A/Bb
Thrid: Eb/F/Bb
Fourth:Eb/Bb
If anyone knows this, please let me know! I want to put it to something.

A. You really can't apply normal names to these chords. What you're doing here is something called "quartal" harmony, which means that your chords are built in 4ths. Most Western music utilizes "tertial" harmony, where chords are built in 3rds. All the names for the chords we use are based on tertial harmony. They don't apply to quartal stuff.

You CAN give them names, but it's missing the point. Several composers have made liberal use of quartal harmony, but it's difficult to analyze. It's just one of those sounds that doesn't have really solid names yet.

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Piano chords/music theory: how to tell which chord it is by listening? (tonic, subdominant, etc.)?
Q. I'm going to take a violin exam(Level 8 ABRSM) this week, and I have to know some music theory. I have taken music theory classes and exams before, but unfortunately, that was a while ago and I have forgotten close to everything. ):

For the theory section, I have to listen to a piano chord, and name that chord (Tonic, subdominant, dominant, etc.). I don't play the piano, and I have trouble telling apart the different chords. Also, I'm not allowed to look at the chord or notes, so I can only use my ears.

Any help on how to tell the chords apart?
Thank you!

A. In order to identify which note the chord is built on, you have to hear something that establishes the tonic (I). That might be a short excerpt of piano playing, but is much more likely to be simply a scale or arpeggio. The chord on the tonic is built on the first note of the scale - the same notes as in the arpeggio. Practice singing C E F G (or doh, mi, fa, soh). If the root of the new chord is on fa (IV), it is build on the subdominant. If it is on soh (V), it is built on the dominant. The chords on I, IV, or V are all major chords. You should be easily able to hear if the chord is minor. That will be a clue that the chord is built on ii, iii or vi. vii is dinimished, and that has a different distinctive sound.

If you are asked to name the notes in the chord, you need to be familiar with your scales and/or key signatures.

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names of piano chords?
Q. im trying to find the names of these chords on a piano:
ACE
ACF
GCE
GBD

i found a site that tells you this, but you have to look for the name, then it tells you the notes.... i want to find the notes and get the name

A. To be more specific:

ACE = A minor
ACF = F Major, in "First Inversion" or "F Major 6"
GCE = C Major, in "2nd Inversion" or "C Major 6,4"
GBD = G Major

Just so we're clear, an inverted chord is a chord where a note other than the root is the lowest note that is played.

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