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- What is the relationship between harmony and counterpoint?
- What is chromatic harmony?
- How do you explain harmony in music?
- How do you find the harmony of a song?
What is the relationship between harmony and counterpoint?
Well, lines of harmony usually go with the melody in the same rhythm, and somewhat the same direction. Contrapuntal lines are almost completely different, but sound good together. Short answer: In counterpoint, the harmony is created through melodies played simultaneously by different voices.
What is chromatic harmony?
The simple definition is that a chromatic harmony is chords that build on or include notes that aren't part of the key. Let's start with the secondary dominant chords, as those are the easiest to understand. Secondary dominant chords are chords built on the dominant of the dominant key.
How do you explain harmony in music?
Harmony, in music, the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. ... If the consecutively sounded notes call to mind the notes of a familiar chord (a group of notes sounded together), the ear creates its own simultaneity in the same way that the eye perceives movement in a motion picture.
How do you find the harmony of a song?
As soon as there is more than one pitch sounding at a time, you have harmony. Even if nobody is actually playing chords, or even if the notes are part of independent contrapuntal lines, you can hear the relationship of any notes that happen at the same time, and it is this relationship that makes the harmony.
