Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Exercise 6—Class Exercise

Listen to Track 93 or ask your instructor to play “Folk Song (with Open Triads)” by Ryan Dorin. Then listen to
Track 94 where the song is harmonized with triads played in close position. The triad in parentheses in m. 1
shows the triad redrawn in close position. Discuss the differences and similarities of the two versions.

Folk Song (with Open Triads) (R. Dorin)

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TRACK 93

Listen to “Folk Song (with Open Triads)” by Ryan Dorin.

TRACK 94

Listen to “Folk Song” played with close position triads.

Exercise 7

Identify the root, quality, and inversion of each triad. Redraw the triad in close position by moving the upper
note down an octave. Redraw melodic (“broken”) triads harmonically (“blocked”).

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