Chords & Harmony
📋 What it is
Harmony is notes sounding together; a chord stacks three or more notes to sound as one.
🗣️ Coach says
HARMONY is what happens when notes sound at the SAME time (unlike melody, which is one after another). A CHORD is the basic unit: three or more notes stacked together. Chords give music its mood and support the melody. Harmony is the ground a tune stands on.
🧠 Memory hook
Harmony = notes together. A CHORD = 3+ notes stacked. Harmony supports the melody + sets the mood.
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What do you call a pattern that repeats forever?
A loop-hole in the music!
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Change just one note inside a chord and it can flip from happy (major) to sad (minor) — a one-note mood switch.
✅ Quick check: What is the basic building block of harmony?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
A chord — three or more notes played together at the same time.
Harmony is built from chords, which are stacks of simultaneous pitches.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Imagine three notes stacked and sounded at once — that's a chord. Is it happy or sad in your head?