{"id":20,"date":"2016-08-18T23:03:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T23:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/introtheorycomp\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2016-08-18T23:03:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T23:03:45","slug":"harmony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/introtheorycomp\/harmony\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this module, you will learn about intervals, triads, and seventh chords.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>What makes harmony<\/strong><strong>? Listen to the Emory Alma Mater.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>HARMONY<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Do you hear two or more parts sounding together? This vertical dimension of music is <strong>harmony.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">While melody and harmony interact and rely on each other in music, indeed, the two elements form a fundamental musical partnership, we must separate them to understand their distinct music features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Sometimes you will hear harmony supporting a fluid melody, where it plays the role of an <strong>accompaniment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Other times you will hear harmony simply as a succession of vertical blocks of sound, called <strong>chords<\/strong>, where the highest note may stand out as the melody, like in a hymn.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\">In the<\/span> Overview of the elements of music<span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva\">, we defined <strong>harmony<\/strong> as<\/span> the vertical dimension of music, and w<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">e discussed how harmony and melody interact form a fundamental musical partnership<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>. <\/strong> While there are many ways to use the term harmony in relation to a vertical sonority, musicians often talk about harmony in parts \u2013 usually two, three, four, or even five parts. So, for example, a barbershop quartet<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">sings in four-part harmony<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">, and your a capella group or singers in your own band most likely sing in two or more parts. In this module, we will first study harmony in terms of intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Then we will explore how harmony can support, or accompany, a fluid melody, and how it can progress as a succession of <strong>chords<\/strong>, where the highest note may stand out as the melody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/HarmonyOverview.docx\" target=\"_blank\">HarmonyOverview.docx<\/a> <\/span> <span style=\"font-size: medium\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>1. Intervals <\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/Intervals1.doc\" target=\"_blank\">Intervals1.doc<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=286464ccd149410b897a853960f927cd\">Intervals: Number Size and Quality<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=990e15c420a14b69b20f981cb1097f07\">Intervals: Consonance and Dissonance<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=db268a666bca41308cd910058b0da253\">Compound Intervals<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=baae388b67d44816b95cb118cd06e029\">Interval Inversion<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=95c7d94683e84dee8efc83a5541761e3\">Intervals Into Action: Analysis Practice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/IntervalAnalysis.docx\" target=\"_blank\">IntervalAnalysis.docx<\/a> <span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=b317943b48a64dcdbb111a361aedf824\">Intervals in Songs<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>2. Chords<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=046521b80afd4c08837c0d031a1c6ccb\">Chord Overview <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/ChordOverview.doc\" target=\"_blank\">ChordOverview.doc<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=3f5831036b8c460096f97b1f32d46661\">Triads<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/Triads.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Triads.docx<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=963a7d04f9954b06bb267e5e952cf857\">Seventh Chords <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/Seventh%20Chords.docx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">S<\/span>eventh Chords.docx<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Chord Terminology 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=327c6e40791b4d6cac6acc423367d167\">Popular Music Chord Symbols<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/PopMusicChordSymbols.docx\" target=\"_blank\">PopMusicChordSymbols.docx<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\">Chord Terminology 2: Roman Numerals and Figured Bass<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=7d187654545e4ccbbd7260fff90f23bc\">Roman Numerals <\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/RomanNumeralChordSymbols.doc\" target=\"_blank\">RomanNumeralChordSymbols.doc<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=1b481895c66a46fd9975d536a964326d\">Figured Bass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/Figured%20bass.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Figured bass.docx<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=5483d73bdd0a4412a8b43a4c343d3c38\">Analysis Practice: Triads and Seventh Chords<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/bbcswebdav\/internal\/courses\/wendland_114_course_content\/wikis\/course\/173dad0aac3142408082699a11d91fbb\/da4fa144b3b94f82927c97459bafea17\/Chord%20Analysis%20Practice.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Chord Analysis Practice.docx<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classes.emory.edu\/webapps\/Bb-wiki-bb_bb60\/wikiView?course_id=_98803_1&amp;wiki_id=_11582_1&amp;page_guid=7f98a5fae1df4f16a65067b59ae66a01\">Analysis Practice: Chord Terminology 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this module, you will learn about intervals, triads, and seventh chords. 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