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	Harmony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harmony is the use and study of pitch simultaneity and chords, actual or implied, in music.
		Very often, harmony is a result of counterpoint or polyphony, several melodic lines or motifs being played at once, though harmony may control the counterpoint.
		Harmony may also be distinguished as centrifugal or centripetal harmony, harmony which leads away from or to the tonic, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harmony (497 words)

	Consonance and dissonance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both consonance and dissonance are words applied to harmony, chords, and intervals and by extension to melody, tonality, and even rhythm and metre.
		Despite the fact that this idea of the historical progression towards the acceptance of ever greater levels of dissonance is somewhat oversimplified and glosses over important developments in the history of western music, the general idea was attractive to many 20th-century modernist composers and is considered a formative meta-narrative of musical modernism.
		By this definition dissonance is dependent not only on the quality of the interval between two notes, but the harmonics and thus sound quality (timbre) of those notes themselves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Consonance_and_dissonance (2083 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		The term harmony is used both in the general sense of a succession of simultaneously sounded pitches and for a single instance of pitches sounding together.
		When a tonicization incorporates a progression of several harmonies and is sufficiently extended, the new tonic actually replaces the previous tonic as the focal pitch of the passage.
		A given melody note may be a member of the harmony that sounds with it; or it may be a nonharmonic tone—a note extraneous to that harmony.
	www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..ha023100.a (2728 words)

	Dissonant Harmony - A New Principle of Musical and Social Organization \| Rudhyar Archival Project \| Musical Works and ...
		Dissonances are synthetized into harmonic resonances which are relatively consonant on the spiritual plane, i.e., in the subjective consciousness of the hearer.
		Dissonant music which can be called "syntonic" is thus a symbol and a part of the true spiritual sacred life whose aim is essentially the calling upon the Self to take possession of the body once the latter has become purified.
		Dissonant music is thus seen as being the music of civilization, the music of MAN. As civilization opposes natural instincts, dams natural impulses in order to release power and mental energy, so dissonant music is based on the hindering of the natural flow of overtones, the basis of consonant music.
	www.khaldea.com /rudhyar/dissonantharmony.html (5388 words)

	Elements Of Jazz: Fundamentals: Harmony
		Harmony can be characterized by the sequence of chords used to accopmany the melody.
		Harmony is expressed in terms of the chords used to accompany the melody.
		Not only are new melodies improvised over the original harmony, but the accompaniment played by the other musicians is usually improvised based on the original chord progression as well.
	www.outsideshore.com /school/music/almanac/html/Elements_Of_Jazz/Fundamentals/Harmony.htm (1300 words)

	Musical Terms - Harmony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the Renaissance, three-note harmony became the norm and the triad had become the main unit of harmony (a three-note chord built up in 3rds).
		From the beginning of the Baroque era (circa 1600), harmony was widely understood as the chords with which a melody was accompanied (as the practice of basso continuo, or figured bass, implies).
		Harmony is sometimes seen as the 'opposite' to counterpoint, because it primarily operates vertically whereas counterpoint seems to operate horizontally.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/g_harmony.html (420 words)

	Music 15100, Harmony and Voice-Leading
		Dissonance here has a somewhat different function, and yet the way dissonance is construed as a motive force in tonal music was quite evident.
		Although passing motions (which, for our purposes, occur on a weak beat and as part of stepwise motion) may be either consonant or dissonant, it is when they are dissonant that they add the most to the sense that the line is progressing toward some goal.
		Dissonant chords are the lifeblood of this particular musical syntax, but to do their job they need to be, um, supervised.
	humanities.uchicago.edu /classes/zbikowski/15100.html (3827 words)

	Harmony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Harmony is the progression of chords used in a piece of music.
		Dissonant chords are created with tones that blend less smoothly with each other and thus create tension.
		In fact, it is the movement from consonance to dissonance that creates the harmonic tension and relaxation that is an important part of classical music.
	home.comcast.net /~muhis/elements/harmony.html (1026 words)

	Dane Rudhyar - The Magic of Tone and the Art of Music - Chapter 11 - Rudhyar Archival Project
		On the other hand, fashioning a crown for the consecration of a king by integrating gold, silver, and precious stones according to an image of symbolic splendor is to produce a dissonant harmony of materials selected for the power, beauty, and sacred significance of their combination.
		To produce a consonant harmony one has to retrace the nature of the materials being used to their common source.
		In music, the perfect chord of the C-major tonality, C, E, G, is a consonant harmony, because the compound notes are harmonics of a lower fundamental C. If this fundamental C has a frequency of 100, the three notes of the perfect chord will have frequencies of 400, 500 and 600.
	www.khaldea.com /rudhyar/mt/mt_c11.shtml (2041 words)

	Harmony - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		For much of the history of western classical music, including the common practice period, the conventions and rules of harmony were strictly enforced, often by the controlling influence of the Roman Catholic Church, while folk music and non-Western music also developed often widely different notions of harmony.
		Church music was controlled by the churches in the Baroque and Classical periods, and music which had harmonies considered too dissonant were frowned upon.
		However, there was a general trend from the classical period to the 20th century in western classical music for harmony to become more advanced, with composers breaking many of the conventions which were once considered "rules".
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/h/a/r/Harmony.html (567 words)

	Unit7a
		Not only must the dissonant note be resolved (like the dissonance of chord V7) but because it is a less familiar sonority, it must also be prepared.
		So, the first method of introducing the dissonant note of these new seventh chords is to prepare it in the previous chord and hold it over in a common part into the seventh chord itself and then resolve the dissonance down, by step as the progression moves to dominant harmony.
		In addition to the dissonance being resolved, it must be introduced either by being prepared as a common note in the same part with the previous chord, or as a passing tone coming out of an intermediate harmony expansion.
	www.music.unimelb.edu.au /techcourse/techniques1-2/Unit-7/Unit7a.html (459 words)

	Music: The Psychological Effects of Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Consonant harmony can be bright or dark, cheerful or melancholy, lyrical or disconnected, upbeat or slow.
		Dissonant harmony, although it sometimes can have similar effects as consonant harmony, is usually irritating, agitating, or has one of any number of other negative effects.
		It is important to note that individual dissonances occur in consonant harmony, as do consonances in dissonant harmony.
	www.geocities.com /mssever/music/effects_of_music.htm (1754 words)

	[Islam-Online- Art & Entertainment]
		Harmony in the technical sense was not properly recognized until the nineteenth century.
		Three hundred years later, another concept of harmony developed, namely, free dissonant harmony which is based on mixing simultaneously rising and falling sounds.
		Harmony is the study of such combinations and the consequent interrelations that may please the ear.
	www.islamonline.net /iol-English/dowalia/art-2000-August-03/art2.asp (608 words)

	PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Jazz Lounge - Harmony
		Harmony is the simultaneous combination of tones, or musical notes, blended together into formations known as chords.
		One way to think about harmony is that it represents the vertical aspect of notes piled up on top of each other and sounding at the same time, while melody is the horizontal aspect, with the individual noted following one another in a line.
		The interplay between these chords creates something akin to a musical conversation, and the increase and decrease in the tension between them is what makes music compelling and interesting to listen to.
	www.pbs.org /jazz/lounge/101_harmony.htm (146 words)

	On Music Origins -- Natural Forces in the Origin of the Do Re Mi Music Scale - ORIGIN OF MUSIC
		Harmony without the fetters of much, or any discord at all, is like contentment -- it has an "everything fits nicely" feeling; no loose ends, little or no ambiguity.
		When harmony is added, it is a major demand on the senses to acclimate themselves to not hearing it as dissonant (again, by comparison to non-harmony).
		Harmony tends to overtly reveal between the notes of a melody what is hidden (in overtone relationships) by playing some of these overtone relationships out loud.
	www.greenwych.ca /natbasis.htm (7150 words)

	The Metaphysics of Music and Harmony
		Note the most dissonant tones are when two notes are very close together such as C and C# (C# is the fl key above C).
		C and D (separated by two semitones or one sixth of an octave) sounded together are also dissonant but not quite as much.
		Some intervals cry out for resolution as for example when we play the 0 11 interval we sense it is just short of the full harmonic octave so we finish by moving to 0 12 and it creates a sense of harmonic completeness.
	www.cosmicharmony.com /Ha/HAmain.htm (2764 words)

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		Harmony affects the emotions and is the body, breadth, depth, or texture of music--and must not become king.
		Dissonant harmony is a chord which sounds harsh or unpleasant to most people when played alone.
		The distortion of rhythm, melody, and harmony as employed by these styles and their excessive amplification dulls the sensibilities and eventually destroys the appreciation for that which is good and holy.
	landru.i-link-2.net /georgie/music/Goodmusic.html (22110 words)

	ChordWizard How Music Works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Minor second intervals are strongly dissonant, with a warbling sound in the background, as if the two notes are fighting with each other.
		Perfect fourth intervals are mildly dissonant, with a stretched feeling as if they would rather return to a major third.
		Tritone intervals are dissonant, and are often found in chords of four notes or more, where they add a particular harmonic spice.
	www.chordwizard.com /hmw301.asp (288 words)

	Tom Pankhurst's TonalityGUIDE (pilot project) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The reasons why are less important than the fact that within the Western musical tradition dissonant intervals are felt to be somehow unstable, in need of resolution to a less unstable interval.
		At its simplest, the importance of consonance and dissonance to the sense of 'being in a key' can be seen the harmonisation of a melody.
		In this way, a triad imposes a hierarchy on melody by highlighting which notes are part of the harmony (consonant) and which are not (dissonant).
	www.tonalityguide.com /introtriadic.php (449 words)

	CHAPTER TWO -- THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL SOUND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Two or more notes that clash when sounded together are called dissonance and are referred to as a dissonant harmony.
		Dissonance is not necessarily bad--dissonance is found in virtually all types of modern music and can have a powerful emotional impact when used effectively.
		The harmony of a song can have often have major changes done to it without causing a musical identity crisis (that is, changing the song completely).
	www.gprep.org /~music/musikbok/chap2.html (2687 words)

	THE BROOKLYN RAIL - MUSIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Harmony is not only the domain of melodic/harmonic players; the harmony of rhythm is just as profound and offers a clear challenge to those who believe in the superiority of melody/harmony.
		The harmonization of rhythm is as important as the harmony of pitch.
		Polyrhythm, sub-sub-rhythm, syncopation, and harmony (tonal or rhythmic) create ambience; some call it "spirit." Just as lingering dissonant harmonies evoke emotion and mood, so too can the "harmonies" of rhythm—polyrhythm—evoke layers of spiritual involvement and rapture.
	www.thebrooklynrail.org /music/july04/drumfolk.html (1418 words)

	Bach Prelude In C Major
		Some harmonies in the song are very consonant and some are very dissonant.
		The harmony of the piece is mostly traditional.
		Though there are not many layers in the harmony, the trees still show that there is some kind of harmony underneath the melody part.
	courses.wcupa.edu /frichmon/mue332/spring2002/brianhollar (1064 words)

	J.D. Welch - alfred jensen : concordance
		Not unlike the outsider artist working in his garage on a monumental tinfoil altar, Alfred Jensen painted pictures that stem from a complex, individualized conception of the universe, using the tools of the modern painter to convey his'autodidactic' messages.
		Given this almost fantastical stance, even for the many references to the physical, and for that matter spiritual, world, any sense of objective reality is subsumed and nearly drowned by the vivid, hypnotic, almost psychedelic paint.
		As one steps back from the painting, the contrasting colors blend, in their dissonant harmony, to create an intricate texture.
	www.jdwelch.net /writing/jensen.html (1350 words)

	aversion:online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The vocals are sung with a monotonous range, leaning towards the lower side with a few harmonies.
		The Medea Connection are definitely good song writers, and despite the pop edge these tracks are far longer than the average pop song, reaching the 5+ minute mark on occasion.
		The intro is extremely heavy which leads into constant shifts between dissonant harmony and dense rhythm patterns.
	www.medeaconnection.com /home/revpix/aversion_files (218 words)

	Arvo Part - musicolog.com
		Emerged with a new style called tintinnabuli- this term refers to the ringing of bells, music in which the sound materials are in constant flux, though the overall image is one of stasis, or constant recognition.
		By means of almost purely tonal structure, frequently broken triads and scales, Pärt creates an inner balance of form and harmony which can be understood in terms of his deep religious faith and inclination to mysticism.
		Although he initially composed in traditional manner, in terms of writing instrumental pieces in a neo-Baroque idiom which was to strict to form and freely dissonant in harmony, he gradually levitated toward empiric sonorism under the influence of Western musical modernism, without renouncing the historic foundation of tonality.
	www.musicolog.com /part_periods.asp (554 words)

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