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Elements of Music, Harmony PDF

The document defines several key musical terms: Harmony refers to the pattern of intervals and chords in a composition, both sounded and implied. An interval is the distance between two musical tones, while a melodic interval occurs when tones are sounded one after the other in a melody. A harmonic interval happens when tones are sounded together. A chord consists of three or more notes sounded simultaneously; chords are made up of intervals based on the scale. A chord triad, the building block of classical harmony, contains a root, third, and fifth note.

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Elements of Music, Harmony PDF

The document defines several key musical terms: Harmony refers to the pattern of intervals and chords in a composition, both sounded and implied. An interval is the distance between two musical tones, while a melodic interval occurs when tones are sounded one after the other in a melody. A harmonic interval happens when tones are sounded together. A chord consists of three or more notes sounded simultaneously; chords are made up of intervals based on the scale. A chord triad, the building block of classical harmony, contains a root, third, and fifth note.

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Music

Harmony
The pattern of INTERVALS and
chords in a composition, both those
that are actually sounded and those
that are merely implied by the
melody. Dictionary of Music

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Interval - 1. A pair of notes


sounded at the same time. 2 The
distance between the pitches of two
musical tones. Dictionary of Music

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Melodic Interval - When two tones


of an interval are sounded one
after the other. Thus, a melody is
simply a series of melodic intervals.
Dictionary of Music

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Harmonic Interval - When the two


tones of an interval are sounded
together, at the same time. Two or
more harmonic intervals make up a
chord. Dictionary of Music

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Chord
A group of three or more notes
sounded at the same time. Chords
are made up of intervals which in
turn are based on the degrees of the
scale. Dictionary of Music

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Block Chord Broken Chord

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Chord Triad
is the building block of classical
harmony. They are made of two
thirds. The bottom note is called the
root , the third above the root is
called the third, and a fifth above the
root, is called the fifth.

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Part of the Chord Triad

Do (C)–Mi (E)– Sol (G)


C is the root, E the third, and G
the fifth.

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