18 INTERVALS, CHORDS, AND EAR TRAINING. would form the chord of C. When the tones of a chord are close together the chord is said to be in close position; when they are separated the chord is said to be in open position. We shall learn more of close and open position in Chapter XIX. ‘ Chords in Close and Open Position. Close Open Close Open Close Open position. position. position. position. position. pogtion. ,_ n l. ‘ 18 —" *—l a i i #7 i a l a - ——<9~—t—6*—k— a L a .L s t v——H 8 “a & -9- -9- (1:1 0:1 D:I D:I F:I F:I Broken Chords. Often the tones that form a chord are not played together, the root of the chord can be played first, then the third, and then the fifth ; thus the chord of C can be played : Q_ eggs" - 3 or- _ The tones forming any chord can be struck in succession. A chord that has its tones struck in succession is called a broken chord. Chord of D. Broken chord of D. Chord of A. Broken chord of A. /__\ Chord of F. Broken chord of F. ,H jl l l 1 fl tfiisv%+—ti+—‘a§E—H a - L I i ll Play the broken chords of G, E, F#, B, ED, Gfl. Generated on 2015-03-01 04:45 GMT / http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951p01139349v Public Domain, Google-digitized / http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google
