Silent Night by Franz Gruber is another example of a well-known tune that uses the primary chords. Click on this link, and fill the empty bars with one of these chords but this time try to create a more varied bass line in contrast to the tune. By doing so, you will develop rhythmical interest. An example of what you could do is given in bars 1-8.

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It means that you repeat the material from the preceding bar. Therefore, the tonic chord (E^♭) remains throughout bars 1-4. The dominant chord is repeated in bar 6, etc.