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DAY 107 | MUSIC THEORY |
Harmony and Chords
ALL TOGETHER NOW
Harmony is two or more pitches or notes played or sung at the same time. Harmony is the general topical term, and chord means one specific harmony.
You can build a chord on any note of the scale. If you have three notes stacked on top of each other, as above, you have a full three-note chord (triad). You hear all three pitches at once. There are seven scale degrees altogether. Number VIII is a repeat of the pitches of number I, an octave higher. It’s another C triad, and its repetition ...
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