How Music Works 3 - Harmony

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How Music Works Episode 3

Harmony Please answer the following questions on this sheet as you watch the DVD.

Part 1 Harmony 1. What is the name of the piece being sung by Francis Poulenc?

O M _________________ M _________________ 2. How many different voices are there? ______________ 3. Harmony seems to be more M _________________ than other concepts of music 4. Harmony can manipulate our E ____________________ 5. Harmony in Western Music takes notes and puts them into a S ____________ 6. The strange instrument that looks like a cross between a violin and a sewing machine is called a S ___________________. The single note it plays is called a D ________________.

Another instrument that plays drones is the B ______________________.

7. The next step after the drone was a M __________________ D __________.

8. After the parallel lines type of gregorian singers came C ______________.

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Part 2 Chords 9. C _____________ Progressions are groups of notes played one after the other. Chord Progressions mean that the Harmony can M _______________.

10. What chords are the foundation of Western Harmony? _______ note chords!

11. Secret Notes are hidden in each string of the harp called H ______________.

12. The human ear can only pick out the first three hidden notes or H _________________.

13. Th basic chord made from three notes is called a T ______________.

14. Name the pieces played that have the triads of C, F and G: • ...............................................................................

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15. What is the difference between a major and minor triad? The minor triads’ middle note is pulled down half a S ____________ (1 semitone).

16. In Western Music there are T ___________ basic notes to choose from (to make a chord) 17. What does Polyphony mean? Many V ______________.

18. In the Mass for Four Voices what we are hearing is actually S ____________ C ______________

Part 3 Chord Progressions

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