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Harmony Question #112345 Listen to this excerpt from Viribus unitis. Does the following excerpt represent melody by itself or melody with harmonic accompaniment? Play Correct! This is an example of melody with harmonic accompaniment.

Starts out with trumpets, while other instruments in…lively

Question #212345 Listen to this excerpt from Quem Quaeritis. Does the following excerpt represent melody by itself or melody with harmonic accompaniment? Play Correct! This is an example of melody alone.

It’s only a woman singing a single melody by herself

Question #312345 Does the following excerpt represent melody by itself or melody with harmonic accompaniment? Play Correct! This is an example of melody with harmonic accompaniment.

Opera man singing by himself with light instruments in background. Sound like something from Mcbeth

Question #412345 Harmony can be either consonant or dissonant. Is the following excerpt consonant or dissonant? Play Correct! The harmony is consonant.

Strings and woodwinds playing back and forth with trombones doing the melody.

Question #512345 Harmony can be either consonant or dissonant. Is the following excerpt consonant or dissonant? Play Correct! The harmony in this excerpt is dissonant. It builds on pitches that are very close to one another, creating a sense of instability.

Ride of the Valkyries

Wagner, Richard

Base drum with orchestra Trumpets playing melody…Wind blowing etc.

Introduction Melody represents the horizontal aspect of music; it consists of tones that are sounded one after another in a linear fashion. Harmony, on the other hand, involves the vertical aspect of music, that is, tones of different pitch that are sounded together. Technically, harmony is defined as the simultaneous combination of two or more sounds. The first movement of the Violin Concerto No. 1by Max Bruch (1838-1920) contains many examples of melody and harmony used in different ways. Listen to the first exchange between theorchestral harmonic progression, which establishes the key (tonality) of the piece, and the entrance of the soloist's melody. Although the violin is usually referred to as a melodic (one note at a time) instrument, it is also capable of playing more than one sound at a time. Listen to this magnificently performed age, in which the violinist combines single notes and chords—a technique called double stops in string performance—to play the main theme of this movement. Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, First Movement 1.

Orchestral harmonic progression

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Entrance of the soloist's melody

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Combination of single notes and chords

The smallest harmonic unit is made up of two pitches with different letter names sounding together. A harmony of three or more pitches is called a chord. Chord If the notes of a chord are played one after another rather than simultaneously, the result is called anarpeggio. Arpeggio When two simultaneous pitches of the same letter name are sounded together, the result is not a harmony, but a unison. For example, two simultaneous Ds of the same pitch do not create a harmony.

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor: I. Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven Born: 1770 Died: 1827 Period: Classical Country:

Listen to the rhythmic outline of the famous theme from the Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven played with and without a rich harmonic background. With harmonic background

Without harmonic background

Harmony Consonance and Dissonance Although in everyday language, harmony usually means notes that sound good together (as in harmonious), this is not a true definition. Technically, harmony is two or more pitches sounding simultaneously. To our ears, concordant sounds—combination of pitches that we think go together well—are referred to as consonant, while discordant ones—pitches that sound as though they clash—are called dissonant. Consonant harmonies tend to provide a feeling of stability and rest, as in the Kyrie from Pope Marcellus Mass by Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594). In contrast, dissonance creates a feeling of instability and the necessity for resolution. Thisage from The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) demonstrates how dissonant harmonies create tension and instability. Giovanni da Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass: Kyrie (consonant harmony) Richard Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries (dissonant harmony)

Consonance and dissonance change constantly within a piece of music. Dissonance is very important because it creates points of tension without which the music would soon become lifeless and boring. Composers use dissonance to create temporary tension within a series of harmonies or harmonirogressions. This tension is relieved by the resolution of a dissonant harmony into a consonant one. The alternation between consonance and dissonance is what gives music much of its life, structure, and sense of motion. The relationship between consonance and dissonance has changed throughout music history, and it varies from culture to culture. Today, the general trend is towards an increasing use of dissonance. It is important to , however, that consonance and dissonance are meaningful only when used in comparison with one another. Neither type of sound is “good” or “bad”; rather, they are simply qualities of the harmonic progressions that accompany a melody. Harmony is generally present regardless of music style. Rock, pop, classical, jazz, and folk music all have an underlying harmonic foundation. In fact, harmony, or its absence, has a lot to do with the listener's perception of style. The only style of Western music in which harmony is not always present in its traditional form is rap music, in which percussive and electronic sound effects and multiple, non-tonal voice lines provide a harmonic . Individual musical styles have a fairly well-defined set of characteristics that include the type of harmonies used within the style. To most Western listeners, music without harmony sounds somewhat incomplete. However, this is not the case in all cultures. In Om, an example of Indian music, there is no harmony in the traditional Western sense of the word. Here the function of harmony, provided by the tamboura drone, is to provide a reference point above which the singers and instrumentalists perform elaborate improvisations and meditation-like doublings of the drone tone. Om 1.

Function of harmony by tamboura drone

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Elaborate improvisations

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Doublings of the drone tone

There is a specific relationship between a melody and its harmony. This topic is explored more thoroughly in the section on texture.

Sally L Rasp

Course

201210.MUS101-234: Music Appreciation

Test

Harmony Assessment

Started

4/20/12 12:32 AM

Submitted

4/20/12 12:44 AM

Status

Completed

Score

30 out of 30 points

Time Elapsed 11 minutes. Instructions 

Question 1 3 out of 3 points

Two simultaneous pitches of the same letter name and pitch (e.g., C, G, or D) constitute a harmony. Answer Selected Answer: 

False

Question 2 3 out of 3 points

The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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True

Question 3 3 out of 3 points

This music example illustrates a chord played one note after another. This is called: Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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Arpeggio 

Question 4 3 out of 3 points

The following excerpt is dissonant. Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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False

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Question 5 3 out of 3 points

Although the violin is mostly a single melody instrument, violinists can also play chords using an instrumental technique known as: Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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Double stops 

Question 6 3 out of 3 points

The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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False

Question 7 3 out of 3 points

The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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False

Question 8 3 out of 3 points

This excerpt demonstrates: Play ▶ Launch player in new window

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How dissonant harmonies create tension and instability throughout 

Question 9 3 out of 3 points

The term harmony refers to the horizontal aspect of music. Answer Selected Answer: 

False

Question 10 3 out of 3 points

Consonant harmonies usually provide a feeling of tension. Answer Selected Answer:

False