Author Question: What is unique in the treatment of the melody in CD 1:31 Sisters, Hold on to Your Chastity (a ganga ... (Read 49 times)

abc · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

What is unique in the treatment of the melody in CD 1:31 Sisters, Hold on to Your Chastity (a ganga from the central European nation-state named Bosnia and Herzegovina) Be sure to follow the Close Listening guide as you listen to the selection.

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Question 2

What are triads? Define the three most typically used triads in European and Euro-American music that is based, for example, on triadic chords in the key of C major (e.g., Joy to the World).

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brittrenee · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Three female singers sing polyphonymore than one melody at the same time. A lead singer begins a line and is then joined by two other singers. The close musical intervals among the voices may make the music sound dissonant or harsh to American listeners, but the music is considered harmonically pleasing or consonant to the singers who perform it and their local audience.

Answer to Question 2

Triads are chords built of three different pitches. If the pitches of a triad are stacked in order from the lowest to highest pitch, each pitch is the musical interval of a third above the other, e.g., a C (major) triad would be C E GC to E is a third since it spans three consecutive letter-pitch names C-D-E, and E to G is a third since it also spans three consecutive pitch-letter names E F G.

For example, a tune such as Joy to the World, if played in the key that is based on the C major scale (C D E F G A B C), uses the triads built on the first scale degree (C), the fourth degree (F) and the fifth degree (G). All of these triads are major triads because of the types of thirds (the musical interval or distance between pitches) of which they are constructed. The C triad is C E G, the F triad is F A C, and a G triad is G B D, each denoted respectively with the capital letters C, F, G (see music to Joy to the World in WOM).