In article <slrnda50r1.fob.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-06-04, Tom K. <tkorth1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Mystic Chord" was the name given to a chord used by Scriabin. The
>> "quartal" voicing: C-F#-Bb-E-A-D is the "textbook" version, but since
most
>> of Scriabin's music was for solo piano, he would typically use a wider
>> spaced voicing:
>>
>> LH: C - Bb - E; RH: F# - D - A
>>
>> This version could be described as a C13(#11)(omit 5th), but it would
almost
>> never have the expected dominant tonal function in Scriabin's music.
The
>> chord may also be thought of as a Lydian-Mixolydian (Overtone) scale
missing
>> the 5th, or a whole-tone scale with a raised 5th!
>
>Voila!
>
>This is just what I've been looking for!!
>
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where mystic is masochistic
>and masochism is very relevant
>
--
Matthew H. Fields http://www.umich.edu/~fields
Music: Splendor in Sound
To be great, do better and better. Don't wait for talent: no such thing.
Brights have a naturalistic world-view. http://www.the-brights.net/
