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Petrushka chord, the Glossary

The Petrushka chord is a recurring polytonal device used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and in later music.^[1]

38 relations: Chord (music), Consonance and dissonance, Diminished seventh, Diminished seventh chord, Diminished third, Elektra chord, Enharmonic equivalence, First inversion, Franz Liszt, Hexatonic scale, Humphrey Searle, Igor Stravinsky, Jeux d'eau (Ravel), Major chord, Major second, Maurice Ravel, Minor sixth, Minor third, Mode of limited transposition, Mystic chord, Octatonic scale, Oxford University Press, Petrushka (ballet), Polychord, Polytonality, Progressive rock, Psalms chord, Richard Taruskin, Robert Walser (musicologist), Rock music in Romania, Root (chord), Sfinx (band), Shrovetide, SimCity 4, Simulation video game, Tonality, Tristan chord, Tritone.
Igor Stravinsky

Chord (music)

In music, a chord is a group of two or more notes played simultaneously, typically consisting of a root note, a third, and a fifth. Petrushka chord and chord (music) are chords.

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Consonance and dissonance

In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.

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Diminished seventh

In classical music from Western culture, a diminished seventh is an interval produced by narrowing a minor seventh by a chromatic semitone,Benward & Saker (2003).

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Diminished seventh chord

The diminished seventh chord is a four-note chord (a seventh chord) composed of a root note, together with a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a diminished seventh above the root: (1, 3, 5, 7).

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Diminished third

In classical music from Western culture, a diminished third is the musical interval produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone.

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Elektra chord

The Elektra chord is a "complexly dissonant signature-chord"Lawrence Kramer.

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Enharmonic equivalence

In music, two written notes have enharmonic equivalence if they produce the same pitch but are notated differently.

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The first inversion of a chord is the voicing of a triad, seventh chord, or ninth chord in which the third of the chord is the bass note and the root a sixth above it. Petrushka chord and first inversion are chords.

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Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period.

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Hexatonic scale

In music and music theory, a hexatonic scale is a scale with six pitches or notes per octave.

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Humphrey Searle

Humphrey Searle (26 August 1915 – 12 May 1982) was an English composer and writer on music.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (– 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).

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Jeux d'eau (Ravel)

Jeux d'eau is a piece for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed in 1901 and given its first public performance the following year.

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Major chord

In music theory, a major chord is a chord that has a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. Petrushka chord and major chord are chords.

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Major second

In Western music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones.

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Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

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Minor sixth

In Western classical music, a minor sixth is a musical interval encompassing six staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and is one of two commonly occurring sixths (the other one being the major sixth).

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Minor third

In music theory, a minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones.

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Mode of limited transposition

Modes of limited transposition are musical modes or scales that fulfill specific criteria relating to their symmetry and the repetition of their interval groups.

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Mystic chord

In music, the mystic chord or Prometheus chord is a six-note synthetic chord and its associated scale, or pitch collection; which loosely serves as the harmonic and melodic basis for some of the later pieces by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Petrushka chord and mystic chord are chords.

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Octatonic scale

An octatonic scale is any eight-note musical scale.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Petrushka (ballet)

Petrushka (Pétrouchka; Петрушка) is a ballet by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

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Polychord

In music and music theory, a polychord consists of two or more chords, one on top of the other. Petrushka chord and polychord are chords.

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Polytonality

Polytonality (also polyharmony) is the musical use of more than one key simultaneously.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.

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Psalms chord

In music, the Psalms chord is the opening chord of Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Petrushka chord and Psalms chord are chords and Igor Stravinsky.

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Richard Taruskin

Richard Filler Taruskin (April 2, 1945 – July 1, 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation.

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Robert Walser (musicologist)

Robert Walser is an American musicologist associated with the "new musicology".

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Rock music in Romania

Romanian rock is a genre of popular music in Romania.

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Root (chord)

In the music theory of harmony, the root is a specific note that names and typifies a given chord.

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Sfinx (band)

Sfinx was one of the most appreciated Romanian rock acts in the 1970s, along with Phoenix.

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Shrovetide

Shrovetide is the Christian liturgical period prior to the start of Lent that begins on Shrove Saturday and ends at the close of Shrove Tuesday.

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SimCity 4

SimCity 4 is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts.

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Simulation video game

Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities.

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Tonality

Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions, and directionality.

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Tristan chord

The original Tristan chord is heard in the opening phrase of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde as part of the leitmotif relating to Tristan. Petrushka chord and Tristan chord are chords.

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Tritone

In music theory, the tritone is defined as a musical interval spanning three adjacent whole tones (six semitones).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrushka_chord

Also known as 6-30, Auxiliary diminished scale, Petrouchka chord, Petrushka hexachord.

Petrushka chord, the Glossary

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Igor Stravinsky

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