I-6. HARMONY
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------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
