All Questions
17
questions
3
votes
1
answer
328
views
ii-ii6-I progression
I've heard this progression many times and in many ways over the course of my life, but I can't seem to assign a name to it or find out any further information about it or its history. It goes as ...
- 31
0
votes
0
answers
44
views
History of Tetrachords [duplicate]
I posted a similar question not too long ago and it was suggested that I look into tetrachords and I quickly understood why, but now I have questions about tetrachords.
For what reason are diatonic ...
- 994
1
vote
0
answers
201
views
When did the 6/4 chord become more commonplace and acceptable?
In the baroque and classical period, 6/4 chords were only voice leading chords, almost exclusively used as passing chords or auxiliary chords. But even as early as Mendelssohn, we see 6/4 chords ...
- 1,626
5
votes
3
answers
792
views
what is the oldest use of 9th chords in western music and when did they become popular
From page 752, of Laitz's The Complete Musician 4th edit.
''(...) By continuing the process of stacking thirds, these composers added another third above the seventh, creating a ninth chord; by adding ...
- 119
9
votes
2
answers
417
views
When was the concept of a "triad chord" first introduced?
Chiara Bertoglio, “A Perfect Chord: Trinity in Music, Music in the Trinity,” Religions 4, no. 4 (December 2013): 485–501, §6. A “Harmonious” God, p. 493, claims:
It was not before the 16th century, ...
- 881
8
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Who decides chord details in published songs?
I like to make lead sheets of songs like this to learn to improvise from, condensing the published sheet music down to a single page with no turns. In working from my two copies of It's Only A Paper ...
- 447
3
votes
4
answers
579
views
What is the significance of triads in western music?
I am a beginner to western classical music. In Howard Goodall's The Story of Music, he mentions “Triads are the chords around which every harmonic, or chordal, journey is structured, in virtually all ...
- 155
9
votes
2
answers
483
views
Where is the circle of fifths mentioned for the first time?
How and when was the Circle of Fifths invented, and who is responsible for the discovery of this musical godsend?
- 26k
2
votes
2
answers
542
views
Is it true that Bach had no concept of suspended chord?
In an answer to a question in SE I read the sentence with the pretension above.
Chord in the Bach d-minor prelude
I think this can be easily be counter-proofed by many examples of Bach’s music and ...
- 26k
3
votes
3
answers
242
views
Is there a chord containing an augmented and diminished fifth?
What chord is this?
There’s a chord progression often used at the beginning of a new phrase (chorus or interlude) leading from I6 to the ii:
In C-major this would be:
Starting: E-G-(C)
...
- 26k
8
votes
3
answers
320
views
To Slash or not to Slash?
In years gone by, when I saw a chord marked, for example, A, I would use any inversion or voicing I felt was appropriate - still do; it doesn't have to be root position. Or does it? Is there an untold ...
- 195k
1
vote
1
answer
5k
views
When were chords invented?
I'd like to know in what period/year chords were invented and by whom.
Did musicians like Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven think in chords to harmonize their melodies or did chords only emerge in the ...
user34288
3
votes
2
answers
937
views
About slash and 7th chord's meaning and their history
In today’s music, there are certain musical features that makes music jazzy and good and I think those are the use of 7th chords and tensions. And of course there are Slash chords(along with them, if ...
- 437
2
votes
2
answers
384
views
What are the earliest examples of chord tones like dominant sevenths and ninths being used?
What are some of the earliest examples of chord tones like dominant sevenths and ninths being used? I am trying to determine how basic harmonic music forms evolved toward forms such as Blues and Jazz.
2
votes
3
answers
776
views
What is the origin and advantages of this system of chord naming/ notation? e.g. G7 is major minor seventh not Dominant 7th
I've received a few emails through my website asking me what a major minor seventh chord was. At first I thought they had mixed up the sequence and were referring to the A-#7 chord (root chord of ...
- 482