MUS 1751 Lecture : MUSIC LECTURE 3
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Some times the music speeds up and this is called accelerando and sometimes it slows down, this is called ritardando. Ritard, which means to slow down the music. Classical music can have great variety in the tempo and the meter all in the same work . In the broadest sense, the peaceful arrangement of diverse elements. In music the sounds that support and enrich the melody. Harmony is built of chords or a group of tow or more pitches sounding together. Basic chord in western music is called the triad. It is built on three pitches arranged in a certain way. These triads are built from the keys and scales discussed earlier. (can be major or minor) Each note of a scale is given a number or its degree. I, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, i. Of these the one built on i is called the tonic.
