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    This document discusses the use of chords in Indian film music. It explains that chords, which are combinations of three or more notes played simultaneously, are used to accompany melodic lines and make the music sound fuller. The article notes that learning chords is necessary for Indian film music but playing them on the harmonium presents a challenge since the left hand is occupied pumping air into the instrument. It concludes that while playing chords may not be possible on the harmonium, having a basic understanding of chords is still important.

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    This document discusses the use of chords in Indian film music. It explains that chords, which are combinations of three or more notes played simultaneously, are used to accompany melodic lines and make the music sound fuller. The article notes that learning chords is necessary for Indian film music but playing them on the harmonium presents a challenge since the left hand is occupied pumping air into the instrument. It concludes that while playing chords may not be possible on the harmonium, having a basic understanding of chords is still important.

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    This document discusses the use of chords in Indian film music. It explains that chords, which are combinations of three or more notes played simultaneously, are used to accompany melodic lines and make the music sound fuller. The article notes that learning chords is necessary for Indian film music but playing them on the harmonium presents a challenge since the left hand is occupied pumping air into the instrument. It concludes that while playing chords may not be possible on the harmonium, having a basic understanding of chords is still important.

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    This document discusses the use of chords in Indian film music. It explains that chords, which are combinations of three or more notes played simultaneously, are used to accompany melodic lines and make the music sound fuller. The article notes that learning chords is necessary for Indian film music but playing them on the harmonium presents a challenge since the left hand is occupied pumping air into the instrument. It concludes that while playing chords may not be possible on the harmonium, having a basic understanding of chords is still important.

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    Article: Harmonium Lessons - Chords: Part I

    By Haresh Bakshi
    Indian music is melodic. In melody we sing one note at a time. In case of Indian movie
    (film) songs, the melody still has a role to play. But singing only one note at a time does
    not satisfy the needs of the film industry, which requires the film songs to sound
    "modern". This translates into adding 'hot', loud beat and heavy orchestration to
    accompany the melodic line. This has made our film music a kind of hybrid. Much of the
    current Indian film music tends to sound like dance music. Melody, the queen of the past
    days, is now relegated to a much less important position.

    To achieve this added punch to the 'dry' melodic line, harmonizing Western music style is
    extensively employed. Chords and chord progressions accompany the melodic lines, so
    that the music sounds fuller. This makes it necessary that we learn the rudiments of
    chords as employed in Indian film music. What, you may ask, is a chord?

    A chord is a combination of three (or more) notes played at the same time. All chords
    are formed by playing simultaneously three or more notes, according to definite rules.

    Chords are played, mostly by your lrft hand, and mostly in the left-most keyboard
    (harmonium) area. Since you are learning harmonium, and NOT the electronic keyboard,
    your left hand is already occupied with the task of pumping the bellows to force air onto
    the reeds of the harmonium. So, how do you play the chords? Well, you simply CANNOT
    -- unless you do something about this problem. I will not take up this issue here. I would
    only say that, in spite of this problem, you should have a rudimentary information about
    chords. And, you should be able to play the chords we will use to accompany our songs,
    in a simple way. In the next article, we will deal with the chords that we need to use
    more commonly.

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