Lesson 9
Harmony I

Practice Drills
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Assignments

Creative
Project
Project C

 

 

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Summary Table: Lesson 9

primary
triads

I, IV, V in major
i, iv, V in minor

harmony

Refers to a progression of chords and their interrelationships

nonharmonic
tone

A melodic note that is not a member of the accompanimental chord

passing
tone

Passing tones occur stepwise between two different chord tones.

neighboring
tone

Neighboring tones occur stepwise above or below a repeated chord tone.

harmonization Adding an accompaniment to an existing melody
simple
meter
Normally divides the beat into two equally faster notes
compound
meter
Normally divides the beat into three equally faster notes
transposition

The process of rewriting or performing a melody or composition in a different key than the original

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