We are learning a third and final way of creating harmony now! It is through the use of chords. A chord is made up of three or more pitches played at the same time that sound good together. A chord is not just any three random notes, however. A chord is usually made up of pitches that are a skip apart. For example, a C Chord includes the pitches C-E-G. Those pitches sound great together. In any song, certain chords sound good at certain times. Sometimes a C Chord will sound good, and sometimes a G Chord will sound good. In the picture below, the students are working together to play a chord on a xylophone. They are trying to figure out which chord sounds best with the song "Are You Sleeping (Brother John)". They discovered that when the singing starts on an F tone, chances are, an F chord will sound best in the background!
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