I-6. HARMONY

------in music adds support, depth, and richness to melody

Harmony

A combination of three or more tones sound at the same time is called

a chord

When the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another, the result is called a broken chord or

arpeggio

A combination of tones that is considered stable is called a

consonance

A combination of tones that is considered unstable and tense is called a

dissonance

Resolution refers to

dissonant chord moving to consonant chord

The triad built on the fifth step of the scale is called the

dominate chord

A series of chords is called

progression

Harmony refers to

the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other

Traditionally, a composition would almost always end on a

tonic chord