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I. Harmony Defined Harmony ≠ “Harmonious” Harmony: Music’s Vertical Dimension I. Harmony Defined.

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Page 1: I. Harmony Defined Harmony ≠ “Harmonious” Harmony: Music’s Vertical Dimension I. Harmony Defined.
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I. Harmony DefinedHarmony ≠

“Harmonious”

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Harmony: Music’s Vertical Dimension

I. Harmony Defined

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Harmony=musical element resulting from

two or more pitches (notes) sounding simultaneously

B. Harmony = Music’s “vertical dimension”

C. Chord=2 or more distinct pitches sounding simultaneously

Melodic (horizontal) Harmonic (vertical)

Say can you see

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Harmony: Music’s Vertical Dimension

I. Harmony Defined

II. “Common Practice” Harmony

III. Harmonic Progressions & the Tonic/Dominant Polarity

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance and Dissonance

IV. The Interplay of Melody and Harmony

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Most Important C. P. Harmonies Tertian (chords built from 3rds)

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Most Important C. P. Harmonies Tertian (chords built from 3rds)

B. Triad: most central of Tertian Harmonies =Triad

C. Principle of Octave Equivalence

D. Triads varied via: Doubling, Spacing, Inversion

chord of 3 notes, each separated by interval 3rd

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

Triad Different W/ inversion Spacing Doubling

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Chord Progression (harmonic progression) = a succession of chords

^1 ^3 ^5 = I^2 ^4 ^6 = II (roman

numerals = abbrev._)^3 ^5 ^7 = III

B. Tonic (I) --- Dominant (V) Polarity

Sample Progression (Pachelbel) : I-V-VI-III-IV-I-IV-V-II V VI III^1 ^3 ^5 ^5 ^7 ^2 ^6 ^1 ^3 ^3 ^5 ^7 , etc.

Tonic Triad: Home/Stable/Marks closure

Dominant Triad: Dynamic/Unstable/Leads to Tonic

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Harmony arises from the simultaneous interaction of several melodies (voices)

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Harmony arises from the simultaneous interaction of several melodies (voices)

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

A. Monophonic

B.Homophonic1. Block Homophonic2. Melody and Accompaniment Homophonic

C. Polyphonic

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance

Intuitively: dissonant tones clash/sound harsh, tense, unstable, need resolution

Technically: a dissonant harmony usually contains a note that’s not part of a triad

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I. Defined II. CPH

III. Progressions

IV. Melody & Harmony

V. Musical Textures

VI. Consonance/ Dissonance