Scavenger

Hunt for Chords, Keys, and Scale Patterns

Music Theory I NAME__________________________________________

This is the clue sheet for the scavenger hunt. Please use this as your worksheet and
mark up this document to scan and upload as your follow-up assignment. We’ll
work through similar examples in class.
HINT: First, establish the key in which you are working first. Next, expect the
chords within that key. Then look for those chords. E.g., a supertonic chord in G is a.

A. Name the single chord in each example. Describe how the triad is expressed,
both melodically and harmonically.
1. Sonatina in G major, Hob. XVI: 8 Haydn

2. Sonatina, op. 792, no. 8 Czerny

3. Le Coq d’Or: Hymn to the Sun Rimsky-Korsakov

B. Analyze the triads in these excerpts using Lead Sheet/Slash Chords and Roman
numerals with Bass position symbols. Watch for inversions!

4. Bergamasca Scheidt

5. Ländler Schubert

C. Identify triads in inversion in the following excerpts. Mark only those chords with
lead sheet/slash and R.N. with Bps.

6. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich Bach

7. Sonata, K. 332 I, m 146 Mozart

D. Find the supertonic triad in these examples. Mark only those chords with lead
sheet/slash and R.N. with Bps.

8. Waltz, op. 9, no. 3, D.365 Schubert

9. Six Variations on “Nel cor piu non mi sento” Beethoven

E. Find the dominant seventh chords in these examples. Mark only those chords
with lead sheet/slash and R.N. with Bps.

10. Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:35 Haydn

11. Sonata, op. 31, no.3 Beethoven

F. Find the inverted chords, which may be triads or sevenths in these examples.
Mark only these chords with lead sheet/slash and R.N.

12. Valses Sentimales, op. 50, no. 1, D. 779 Schubert

13. Sonatina in G major, I start at m. 25. Beethoven

G. Find the leading tone seventh chord(s) in these examples. Mark only those
chords with leading tone/slash chords and R.N.

14. Sonata, K. 457 first 8 measures only Mozart

15. Sonatina in G Major, Hob. XVI:11, III last 12 measures only Haydn