The document discusses harmony in music through lessons on major and minor chords, explaining that major chords create happy feelings while minor chords sound sad, and it teaches how to identify the primary major chords built from the 1st, 4th, and 5th scale degrees as well as secondary minor chords built from the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degrees in any key. The lessons expect students to distinguish between major and minor chords and use them to accompany simple songs.
The document discusses harmony in music through lessons on major and minor chords, explaining that major chords create happy feelings while minor chords sound sad, and it teaches how to identify the primary major chords built from the 1st, 4th, and 5th scale degrees as well as secondary minor chords built from the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degrees in any key. The lessons expect students to distinguish between major and minor chords and use them to accompany simple songs.
The document discusses harmony in music through lessons on major and minor chords, explaining that major chords create happy feelings while minor chords sound sad, and it teaches how to identify the primary major chords built from the 1st, 4th, and 5th scale degrees as well as secondary minor chords built from the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degrees in any key. The lessons expect students to distinguish between major and minor chords and use them to accompany simple songs.
The document discusses harmony in music through lessons on major and minor chords, explaining that major chords create happy feelings while minor chords sound sad, and it teaches how to identify the primary major chords built from the 1st, 4th, and 5th scale degrees as well as secondary minor chords built from the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degrees in any key. The lessons expect students to distinguish between major and minor chords and use them to accompany simple songs.
This module will discuss harmony in music. This will teach you the different major and minor chords that can be used to accompany a certain song.
The module has two lessons, namely:
• Lesson 1 – Major Chords
• Lesson 2 – Minor Chords
At the end of the module, you are expected to.
a. Distinguish a major chord from a minor chord,
b. Use major or minor chords as an accompaniment to simple songs.
1 What I Know
Directions: In a separate sheet of paper, write the letter of the correct
answer. (write your name, grade and section, subject and module number) 1. A chord that creates a feeling of happiness A. Diminished chord C. Major chord B. Seventh chord D. Minor chord 2. Which is not a primary chord in the key of C?
A. C major B. D major C. F major D. G major
3. It is called the basic chord. A. Dominant C. Mediant C. Tonic D. Triad 4. Where can we find the root note of a chord? A. Bottom B. Second C. Third D. Top 5. It is the sound composed of 2 or more notes played simultaneously. A. dynamics B. harmony C. tempo D. texture 6. These are other alternative chords used as accompaniment aside from the primary chords A. Augmented chords C. Primary chords B. Diminished chords D. Secondary chords 7. How many steps is the distance between the root note and third on a major scale? A. 2 half steps C. 2 whole steps B. 3 half steps D. 3 whole steps 8. What do you call the chord in the 5th degree of the scale? A. Dominant B. Mediant C. Super Tonic D. Tonic 9. What chord is shown in the illustration? A. Dominant C. Mediant B. C. Super Tonic D. Tonic
10. Which is a mediant chord?
A. 1ST measure B. 2nd measure C. 3rd measure D. 4th measure
2 Lesson Major Chord 1
What I Need to Know
In this lesson you will be able to:
a. identify the Major Triad or Major Chords and b. locate the Primary Chords.
What’s In
Harmony in music is the sound produced from the combination of two or
more notes of different pitches played simultaneously. It gives more depth and color to a musical arrangement. These 2 or more notes that are played simultaneously are called Chords. The basic chord is called Triad which is composed of the root, third (3rd interval note), and the fifth (5th interval note).
Fifth Third Root
Triad Triad has only 3 notes played together but we can add more notes in a chord. Note Intervals (distance between 2 notes) for Key of C Major.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
or octave 3 What’s New/ What is It
The Primary Chords
These are the family chord. They are most likely to occur in a given key. The primary chords are the triads built from the root note, 4th and 5th degree of a scale. These are Major Triads or Major Chords.
C D E F G A B C Interval 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Scale I ii iii IV V vi vii I Chord Tonic Sub- Dominant Dominant
To find the Primary chords of any key signature, locate the 1st, 4th, and the 5th degree in the scale and make a triad out of it.
In the Key of C Major, the primary chords are C major (1st), F major (4th), and G major (5th).
These chords are also referred to as Tonic chord (C major), Sub-dominant
chord (F major), and Dominant chord (G major).
The major chord creates a feeling of brightness and happiness that greatly affects the mood of a person.
What I Have Learned
Harmony is the sound created by combining 2 or more notes of different
pitches played at the same time. These 2 or more notes are called chords and the basic chords are called triads. There are 3 Major chords in a Key signature which are built in the 1st, 4th, and 5th degree of the scale.
4 What I can do A. Directions: Study the scale of the Key of G Major. Make a staff on your notebook. Name and illustrate the major chords.
G A B C D E F G 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th I ii iii IV V vi vii I
5 Lesson Minor Chords 2
What I Need to Know
In this lesson you will be able to:
c. identify the Minor Triad or Minor Chords and d. locate the Secondary Chords.
What’s In
Three major chords run in a Key signature. They are the tonic chord, sub-dominant chord, and dominant chord. There are still chords or triads that we can use to give harmony to a song.
What’s New/ What is It
The Secondary Chords
These are the alternative chords used as accompaniment. These are built on the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degree of the scale. These are the minor triads or minor chords.
6 C D E F G A B C Interval 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Scale I ii iii IV V vi vii° I Chord Supertonic Mediant Sub- Leading Mediant Tone
In the Key of C major, the minor chords are D minor (2nd), E minor (3rd), and A minor (6th). To write the chords for minor just simply add the small letter m (Dm, Em, Am).
MAJOR CHORD (C major chord)
1 3 2
C D E F G A B C
2 1 rd root 3 5th
Look at the half-step intervals of the major chord. It is 3 half steps away from the root to the 3rd degree and 2 half steps away from 3rd to 5th degree.
MINOR CHORD (Dm chord)
1 1 3
C D E F G A B C
2 2 root 3 rd 5th
In the minor chord, it is 2 half steps away from root to 3rd and 3 half steps away from 3rd to 5th. Thus, producing a feeling of sadness in the listeners.
7 What I Have Learned
The primary chords are the major chords while the secondary chords are called the minor chords. These are located in the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degree of the scale and it gives the listeners a feeling of sadness. The minor chords are also referred to as Supertonic, Mediant, and Sub-mediant. To identify the major and minor chords, just build the triads of every degree of the scale. 1st, 4th, and 5th are the major chords, and 2nd, 3rd, and 6th are the minor chords.
What I can do
A. Directions: Study the scale of the Key of G Major. Make a staff
on our notebook. Name and illustrate the minor chords.
G A B C D E F G 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th I ii iii IV V vi vii° I
8 Assessment
Directions: In a separate sheet of paper, write the letter of the correct
answer. (write your name, grade and section, subject and module number) 1. A chord that creates a feeling of sadness A. Diminished chord C. Major chord B. Seventh chord D. Minor chord 2. Which is not a secondary chord in the key of C?
A. D minor B. E minor C. F minor D. A minor
3. Where can we find the root note of a chord? A. Bottom B. Second C. Third D. Top 4. It is called the basic chord. A. Dominant C. Mediant C. Tonic D. Triad 5. It is the sound composed of 2 or more notes played simultaneously. A. dynamics B. harmony C. tempo D. texture 6. What chord is shown in the illustration? A. Dominant C. Mediant B. C. Super Tonic D. Tonic 7. These are other alternative chords used for accompaniment aside from the primary chords. A. Augmented chords C. Primary chords B. Diminished chords D. Secondary chords 8. What is the distance between the root note and third on a minor scale? A. 2 half steps C. 2 whole steps B. 3 half steps D. 3 whole steps 9. What do you call the chord in the 5th degree of the scale? A. Dominant B. Mediant C. Super Tonic D. Tonic
10. Which is a Tonic chord?
A. 1ST measure B. 2nd measure C. 3rd measure D. 4th measure
