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Music’s Vertical Dimension: Harmony

Music’s Vertical Dimension: Harmony. Harmony ≠. I. Harmony Defined. “ Harmonious ”. Harmony : Music ’ s Vertical Dimension. I. Harmony Defined. I. Harmony Defined:. A. Harmony = musical element resulting from two or more pitches (notes) sounding simultaneously.

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Music’s Vertical Dimension: Harmony

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  1. Music’s Vertical Dimension: Harmony

  2. Harmony ≠ I. Harmony Defined “Harmonious”

  3. Harmony: Music’s Vertical Dimension I. Harmony Defined

  4. I. Harmony Defined: A. Harmony=musical element resulting from two or more pitches (notes) sounding simultaneously B. Harmony = Music’s “vertical dimension” Say can you see Melodic (horizontal) Harmonic (vertical) C. Chord=2 or more distinct pitches sounding simultaneously

  5. Harmony: Music’s Vertical Dimension I. Harmony Defined II. “Common Practice” Harmony Harmonic Progressions & the Tonic/Dominant Polarity IV. The Interplay of Melody and Harmony V. Musical Textures VI. Consonance and Dissonance

  6. Common Practice Harmony 1600-1900 + A. Most Important C. P. Harmonies Tertian (chords built from 3rds)

  7. II. Common Practice Harmony A. Most Important C. P. Harmonies Tertian(chords built from 3rds) B. Triad: most central of Tertian Harmonies =Triad chord of 3 notes, each separated by interval 3rd C. Principle of Octave Equivalence D. Triads varied via: Doubling, Spacing, Inversion

  8. II. Common Practice Harmony Triad Different W/ inversion Spacing Doubling

  9. Harmonic Progressions and the Tonic/Dominant Polarity Chord Progression (harmonic progression) = a succession of chords ^1 ^3 ^5 = I ^2 ^4 ^6 = II (roman numerals = abbrev._) ^3 ^5 ^7 = III Sample Progression (Pachelbel) : I-V-VI-III-IV-I-IV-V-I I V VI III ^1 ^3 ^5 ^5 ^7 ^2 ^6 ^1 ^3 ^3 ^5 ^7 , etc. B.Tonic (I) --- Dominant (V) Polarity Tonic Triad: Home/Stable/Marks closure Dominant Triad: Dynamic/Unstable/Leads to Tonic

  10. IV. The Interplay of Melody and Harmony Harmony arises from the simultaneous interaction of several melodies (voices)

  11. IV. The Interplay of Melody and Harmony Harmony arises from the simultaneous interaction of several melodies (voices)

  12. V. Musical Textures A. Monophonic Homophonic 1. Block Homophonic 2. Melody and Accompaniment Homophonic C. Polyphonic

  13. VI. Consonance and 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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