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12 Terms to know:

Unison: When a group sings one part.

Monophony: Singing without harmonising. Can difer rom unison due to octa!es."olyphony: Singing more than one part.

#rone: $ sustained note.

"edal #rone: $ sustained sound in a part.

%hythmic #rone: $ repeated sound in the same pitch.

&stinato: %epetiti!e melodic 'gure.

Chord: Three or more notes sounding together.

Triad: $ three note com(ination.

Consonance: )icely sounding inter!al or chord.

#issonance: %ough sounding inter!al or chord.

&rganum: "arallel singing in perect inter!als.

*ow to (uild a chord+

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