Learn Credit - Intermediate 2 - Harmonic

Chords | Modal | Relative major | Relative Minor | Perfect Cadence | Imperfect cadence | Tierce de Picardie | Suspension | Consonance | Dissonance | Passing note

Chords		Chords I. VI, V, VI in Major and Minor Keys. Listen to these chords. Bar 1-Chord 1 \| Bar 2-Chord 1V \|Bar 3-Chord V \| Bar 4-Chord 1 Practice recognising these in the chord change exercises.
Modal Music		sounding as if it is in a Mode such as the Dorian mode or the other modes used in the Middle Ages by monks as the first types of musical scales, Listen to an excerpt. Back to the top
Relative Major		Modulation to The key with the same key signature as the associated Minor key. Listen to this excerpt moving from Minor to Major.
Relative Minor		The key with the same key signature as the associated Major key. Listen to this excerpt moving from Major to Minor. Back to the top
Perfect Cadence		A musical full stop. Listen to an example. Chord V Chord I
IImperfect Cadence		A musical comma, Listen to an example. Chord I Chord V Back to the top
Tierce de Picardie		The term used when a piece of music in the Minor key unexpectedly ends on a Major chord. Listen to an example.
Suspension		This effect occurs when a note from one chord is held over to the next chord creating a discord and is then resolved by moving one step to create a concord.
Consonance		Notes which sound well together.
Dissonance		Notes which seem to clash when sounded together.
Passing Note		Literally what it says, a note which passes from one harmony note to the next which may be accented or unaccented. H is a harmony note and P a passing note between two harmony notes. Back to the top