In article <slrnd9nde2.hqj.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-05-30, Pete Thomas <invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Albert Silverman wrote:
>>> On 2005-05-29, Pete Thomas <invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Albert Silverman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 2005-05-28, Fiona <fiona@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Albert Silverman" <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>MUSIC 101: CHORD CONSTRUCTION
>>>>>>>by Albert Silverman
>>>>>>>May 27, 2005
>>>>>>>-----------------------------
>>>>>>>A "chord" is a group of three or four *tones* (not notes)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why are you prejudice against two note chords?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In *chord-based* music (such as popular songs, ballads, folk tunes,
>>>>>broadway musicals, etc., etc.), a "chord" is composed of *three or
four*
>>>>>tones in certain interval configurations (which I list as chord
>>>>>construction formulas in my article).
>>>>>
>>>>>Two tones, no matter what interval they form, do not qualify as a
"chord"
>>>>>for use in such music.
>>>>
>>>>In rock music a "powerchord" is a two note chord played low down on
the
>>>>guitar.
>>>
>>>
>>> But this is *not* a "chord" in the type of music that I am discussing.
>>
>> You mention musicals and popular songs. I've heard powerchords played
in
>> both.
>
>Yes I did.
>
>What I should have said is that, in chord-based music, there is the
>presumption of a "background harmony" which exists at every point in
>time. And this background harmony (a "chord") will necessarily contain a
>tone which forms an interval of three or four semi-tones with the
>constructional reference tone.
>
>In other words, even though this tone may be missing in a chord-based
>musical context, there is nevertheless an *implication* of its existence
>within this particular theoretical framework.
>
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
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