Harmony Part 1
Harmony that is pleasing to the ear.
What is Consonant or Consonance?
The distance from one note to the next.
A group of three or more notes sounding together.
What is a chord?
What is a Perfect 5th?
The notes of an F major chord from the bottom to the top.
What are F, A, and C?
The interval of two piano keys.
What is a whole step?
The space between notes.
What is an interval?
The distance of three half steps between two notes.
What is a minor 3rd?
What is a Perfect 4th?
The notes of an A major chord from the bottom to the top.
What are A, C-sharp, and E?
Harmony that creates a jarring clash of sound.
What is Dissonant or Dissonance?
A half step UP from E.
What is F?
The distance of four half steps between two notes.
What is a major 3rd?
Two half steps.
The notes of an G major chord from the bottom to the top.
What are G, B, and D?
When two or more pitches sound at the same time.
What is Harmony?
What is C-sharp or D-flat?
This chord has a Major 3rd between the lowest note and the middle note.
What is a major chord?
Zero half steps.
What is a Unison?
The notes of an D minor chord from the bottom to the top.
The interval of one piano key.
What is a half step?
Another name for an augmented 4th and a diminished 5th.
What is a tritone?
This chord has a Minor 3rd between the lowest note and the middle note.
What is a Minor chord?
Six half steps.
The notes of an D major chord from the bottom to the top.
What are D, F-sharp, and A?