Harmony Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. - Henri Frederic Amiel

Most common chord in Western music = triad – 3 notes built on alternate pitches of a scale. Most Western music is based on major or minor scales. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise) second movement Major Minor The tonic is the central tone around which a melody and its harmonies are built. This principle of organization is called tonality

Most common chord in Western music = triad – 3 notes built on alternate pitches of a scale. Most Western music is based on major or minor scales. Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise) second movement Major Minor The tonic is the central tone around which a melody and its harmonies are built. This principle of organization is called tonality

Dissonance is created by an unstable or discordant harmony Consonance occurs with the resolution of dissonance, producing a concordant sound In music of some cultures, a single sustained tone, or drone, constitutes the harmony.

Dissonance is created by an unstable or discordant harmony Consonance occurs with the resolution of dissonance, producing a concordant sound In music of some cultures, a single sustained tone, or drone, constitutes the harmony.

Anticipation a note is played before the chord to which the note belongs and resolves when the "anticipated" chord is reached. Neighbor tone a nonchord tone that passes from a chord tone directly above or below it and resolves to the same tone. Escape tone a movement by step in the opposite direction of the harmonic motion in that voice and is resolved by leap in the direction of harmonic motion. Passing tone the nonchord tone of a part which had started at one chord tone and moved up or down through one or more nonchord tones and resolved to another chord tone.