MUSC 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Leading-Tone, Organum, Figured Bass
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Musc 121 - introduction and chapter 4 notes and lecture notes. Melody implies linear/horizontal aspect of music, harmony is the vertical. Harmonic unit with at least three different tones played at the same time. Because western european music was tertian, or chords containing a superposition of harmonic thirds, the term became limited to a three-note chord built in superposed thirds. Combination of a being the same. Triad that is combined with the . They are primary triads because of the . Triad position harmony fifth below the tonic. Note of the chord that appears as the . Any of the three notes can be the lowest-sounding pitch. When the root note isn"t the lowest-sounding pitch. Third factor is the lowest-sounding pitch, it will always be in. If the first inversion . the root and fifth factors don"t matter. A way to memorize the different inversions is the inversion hotline .
