Harmony and Tonality Vocabulary

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Major
happy ( T, T, S, T, T, T, S)
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Minor
sad
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Atonal
no key
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Consonant
all notes sound nice together
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Dissonant
notes sound clashy together
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Diatonic
notes are used from major or minor scale
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Chromatic
notes from outside the key (also a scale made of semitones)
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Pedal
held or repeated note over changing harmony
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Drone
long held note
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Modal
a set of scales based on different combinations of tones and semitones to major or minor
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Modal
- Commonly heard in Gregorian chants, folk music, and renaissance
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Card 2

Front

sad

Back

Minor

Card 3

Front

no key

Back

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Card 4

Front

all notes sound nice together

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

notes sound clashy together

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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