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Harmony
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Refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other
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Chord
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Combination fo three or more tones at once
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Consonace
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Stable tone combination; points of arrival, rest, and resolution
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Dissonance
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Unstable tone combination; demands an onward motion to a stable chord
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Resolution
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When dissonance moves to a consonance
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Triad
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Simplest, most basic chord; has three tones
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Tonic chord
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Triad bult on the first, or tonic, note of the scale (do)
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Dominant chord
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Triad built on the fifth note of the scale (sol); pulled strongly toward the tonic chord
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Cadence
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Progression from teh dominant to the tonic chord (often used at th eend of a phrase, a melody, or an entire piece)
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Broken chord (arpeggio)
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Individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another
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