Unit 2. 2nd ESO. Harmony & Chords

Unit 2. 2nd ESO. Harmony and chords

by Jesús Martínez Cánovas

​HARMONY. THE CHORD

​When we talk about Harmony, we are referring to the accompaniment that a melody has, that is, a set of sounds that are played at the same time, accompanying the melody and enriching it.

​In a musical group, the singer makes the melody and the other instruments (guitar, keyboard and bass) make the harmony, that is, the accompaniment. Finally, the drum set makes the rhythmic accompaniment.

​Unlike the melody, which is a set of notes one after another in a successive sequence, in the harmony we are talking about simultaneous sounds, that is, sounds that are played at the same time. These simultaneous sounds are organised in Chords

​A Chord is a set of three or more notes that are combined and played simultaneously.

​The most common and simple one is the perfect chord: at 3^rd and 5^th intervals over a given note:

​To make a perfect chord from a note we must overlap two musical notes at 3^rd interval

Multiple Choice

Harmony is referred to

• The melody of a song

• The accompaniment of a song

• The rhythm of a song

• All of them

Multiple Select

In a musical group, who makes the harmonic accompaniment?

• The singer

• The keyboard

• The drum set

• The guitar

Multiple Choice

When we are talking about Harmony, we are referring to

• successive sounds

• equal sounds

• similar rhythms

• simultaneous sounds

Fill in the Blanks

Harmony is often organised in

Multiple Choice

To make perfect chords we have to overlap, from a given note,

• 2 different notes at 4th interval

• 3 different notes at 3rd interval

• 2 different notes at 3rd interval

• 3 different notes at 4th interval

Multiple Choice

The chord of LA has the following notes:

• LA-DO-MI

• LA-SI-DO

• LA-RE-FA

• LA-DO-FA

Multiple Choice

That is the chord of

• SOL-SI-RE

• SI

• RE

• SOL