MUS 1751 Chapter : Ch 4
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In music the sounds that support and enrich the music. Harmony is built of chords or a group of two 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. Each note of the scale is given a number or its degree. I, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, viii, i. Of these the one built on i is called the tonic: tonic= i, dominant= v, subdominant= iv. All of the notes of the chords can be struck together or they can be spread out. When pitches are sounded together some of them sound sweet and these are called consonances.
