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Chord progressions
The use of pedal notes/drones
Balanced phrases within melodic writing
The use of riffs and ostinatos
The use of dotted rhythms, triplets and syncopation
Tonality: major / minor / modal / pentatonic
Techniques specific to a musical period or style, i.e. Club
Dance, Waltz
Sequence
Imitation
Call and response
Modulation
Use of major, minor and dominant seventh.
Intended Outcomesutcomes
ALL MUST: Understand what the PRIMARY
and SECONDARY chords are
SOME SHOULD: Understand how to
compose a chord progression using
PRIMARY and SECONDARY chords
SOME COULD: Understand how to
harmonise a melody with appropriate
PRIMARY and SECONDARY chords.
OR.
Write
D
C
D
F
F
G
G
A
BC
B
D
G
E
A
F
D
F
F
G
G
A
BC
B
D
G
E
F
These are usually always MAJOR
C
E
D
F
F
G
G
A
BC
B
D
G
E
F
These are usually always MINOR
C D E
E
F
F
G
A
A
C
G
E
C
Dm Em F G Am
C
E
G
C
E F G
G
B
Em F G
B
C
C
E
G
C
F G
G
B
Em F G
B
C
We
C
B
G A F
G
C
C
ABC
E C D
G A F
C
C
ABC
E C D
C
B
G A F G ABC
C
C
E C D
How To Make
Chords More
Interesting
And Impress The Examiner
Basic Chords
Here are the chords added to the
melody
C chord =
CEG
G chord = F chord =
GBD
FAC
G7 chord =
GBDF
Bass line
Try using the other notes of the chords to vary
your single note bass-line
E.g. C chord is made up of the notes C E and G
G= GBDF
F= F A C
C chord = notes C E G
C chord =
CEG
Broken Chords
Break up the chords so that the notes are
played one at a time instead of all at
once
Try breaking them up in different
directions- ascending and descending
Ascending
Descending
Chord Inversions
If you like the sound of block chords try
varying the order of the notes to make
them more interesting
G
E
C
E
C
G
C
G
E
E
C
G
C
G
E
C
E
C
G
D
B
G
G
D
B
C
A
F
F
C
A
D
B
G
G
D
B
C
A
F
F
D
B
G
E
C
G
C
Pedal Note
A long, low, sustained note is called a
pedal note
Try adding a pedal note underneath
the chords
Descending
Mixed
Semiquaver
Accompaniment
Here is an example of a semiquaver
accompaniment using ascending,
descending and mixed patterns