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Altered chord

Index Altered chord

An altered chord is a chord that replaces one or more notes from the diatonic scale with a neighboring pitch from the chromatic scale. [1]

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  1. 59 relations: Accidental (music), Altered chord, Altered scale, Augmented seventh chord, Baroque music, Borrowed chord, Carl Schachter, César Franck, Chord (music), Chord notation, Chord progression, Chromatic scale, Common tone (scale), Dan Haerle, Diatonic scale, Dominant (music), Dominant seventh chord, Edward Aldwell, Enharmonic equivalence, Extended chord, Factor (chord), Fifteenth, Frédéric Chopin, Hammond organ, Ii–V–I progression, Inversion (music), Jacob Collier, Jazz, Jazz harmony, Jerry Coker, Lead sheet, Leading-tone, Major seventh, Modulation (music), Ninth, Noah Baerman, Parallel key, Part (music), Percy Goetschius, Phrase (music), Phrygian mode, Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin), Picardy third, Popular music, Renaissance music, Resolution (music), Richard Franko Goldman, Robert Erickson, Rock music, Romantic music, ... Expand index (9 more) »

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Accidental (music)

In musical notation, an accidental is a symbol that indicates an alteration of a given pitch.

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Altered chord

An altered chord is a chord that replaces one or more notes from the diatonic scale with a neighboring pitch from the chromatic scale. Altered chord and altered chord are altered chords, jazz terminology and musical terminology.

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Altered scale

In jazz, the altered scale, altered dominant scale, or Super Locrian scale (Locrian 4 scale) is a seven-note scale that is a dominant scale where all non-essential tones have been altered. Altered chord and altered scale are jazz terminology and musical terminology.

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Augmented seventh chord

The augmented seventh chord, or seventh augmented fifth chord, or seventh sharp five chord is a seventh chord composed of a root, major third, augmented fifth, and minor seventh (1, 3, 5, 7).

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Baroque music

Baroque music refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750.

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Borrowed chord

A borrowed chord (also called mode mixture,Romeo, Sheila (1999). Complete Rock Keyboard Method: Mastering Rock Keyboard, p. 42.. Bouchard, Joe and Romeo, Sheila (2007). The Total Rock Keyboardist, p. 120. Alfred Music.. modal mixture, substituted chord,White, William Alfred (1911)., p. 42. Silver, Burdett, & Co..

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Carl Schachter

Carl E. Schachter (born June 1, 1932"Carl E. Schachter," in "New Jersey, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1956–1964" on Ancestry.com) is an American music theorist noted for his expertise in Schenkerian analysis.

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César Franck

César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium.

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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.

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Chord notation

Musicians use various kinds of chord names and symbols in different contexts to represent musical chords.

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Chord progression

In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Altered chord and chord progression are jazz terminology and musical terminology.

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Chromatic scale

The chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches (more completely, pitch classes) used in tonal music, with notes separated by the interval of a semitone.

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Common tone (scale)

In music, a common tone is a pitch class that is a member of, or common to (shared by) two or more scales or sets.

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Dan Haerle

Dan Haerle (born July 23, 1937) was a jazz pianist, composer, author and teacher, based in Denton, Texas.

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Diatonic scale

In music theory, a diatonic scale is any heptatonic scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either two or three whole steps, depending on their position in the scale.

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Dominant (music)

In music, the dominant is the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale.

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Dominant seventh chord

In music theory, a dominant seventh chord, or major minor seventh chord, is a seventh chord, composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh.

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Edward Aldwell

Edward Aldwell (January 30, 1938 – May 28, 2006) was an American pianist, music theorist and pedagogue.

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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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Extended chord

In music, extended chords are certain chords (built from thirds) or triads with notes extended, or added, beyond the seventh.

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Factor (chord)

In music, a factor or chord factor is a member or component of a chord.

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Fifteenth

In music, a fifteenth or double octave, abbreviated 15ma, is the interval between one musical note and another with one-quarter the wavelength or quadruple the frequency.

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Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.

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Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.

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Ii–V–I progression

The ii–V–I progression ("two–five–one progression") (occasionally referred to as ii–V–I turnaround, and ii–V–I) is a common cadential chord progression used in a wide variety of music genres, including jazz harmony. Altered chord and ii–V–I progression are jazz terminology.

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Inversion (music)

In music theory, an inversion is a rearrangement of the top-to-bottom elements in an interval, a chord, a melody, or a group of contrapuntal lines of music.

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Jacob Collier

Jacob Collier (born 2 August 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and educator.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Altered chord and Jazz are jazz terminology.

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Jazz harmony

Jazz harmony is the theory and practice of how chords are used in jazz music.

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Jerry Coker

Jerry Coker (November 28, 1932 – January 14, 2024) was an American jazz saxophonist and pedagogue.

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Lead sheet

A lead sheet or fake sheet is a form of musical notation that specifies the essential elements of a popular song: the melody, lyrics and harmony. Altered chord and lead sheet are jazz terminology.

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Leading-tone

In music theory, a leading-tone (also called a subsemitone, and a leading-note in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading-tone, respectively.

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Major seventh

In music from Western culture, a seventh is a musical interval encompassing seven staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and the major seventh is one of two commonly occurring sevenths.

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Modulation (music)

In music, modulation is the change from one tonality (tonic, or tonal center) to another.

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Ninth

In music, a ninth is a compound interval consisting of an octave plus a second.

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Noah Baerman

Noah Baerman (born March 6, 1975) is an American jazz pianist and educator best known in Connecticut's jazz circles.

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Parallel key

In music theory, a major scale and a minor scale that have the same starting note (tonic) are called parallel keys and are said to be in a parallel relationship.

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Part (music)

A part in music refers to a component of a musical composition.

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Percy Goetschius

Percy Goetschius (August 10, 1853 – October 29, 1943) was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher who won international fame in the teaching of composition and music theory.

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Phrase (music)

In music theory, a phrase (φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combining to form melodies, periods and larger sections. Altered chord and phrase (music) are musical terminology.

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Phrygian mode

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Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)

The Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bflat minor, Op. 35, is a piano sonata in four movements by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.

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Picardy third

A Picardy third, (tierce picarde) also known as a Picardy cadence or Tierce de Picardie, is a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section that is either modal or in a minor key.

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Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

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Renaissance music

Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines.

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Resolution (music)

Resolution in western tonal music theory is the move of a note or chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to a consonance (a more final or stable sounding one).

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Richard Franko Goldman

Richard Franko Goldman (December 7, 1910 – January 19, 1980) was a conductor, educator, author, music critic, and composer.

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Robert Erickson

Robert Erickson (March 7, 1917 – April 24, 1997) was an American composer.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Romantic music

Romantic music is a stylistic movement in Western Classical music associated with the period of the 19th century commonly referred to as the Romantic era (or Romantic period).

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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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Secondary chord

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Semitone

A semitone, also called a minor second, half step, or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically.

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Seventh chord

A seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root.

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Symphonic Variations (Franck)

The Symphonic Variations (Variations symphoniques), M. 46, is a work for piano and orchestra written in 1885 by César Franck.

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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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Tritone substitution

The tritone substitution is a common chord substitution found in both jazz and classical music. Altered chord and tritone substitution are altered chords.

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Voice leading

Voice leading (or part writing) is the linear progression of individual melodic lines (voices or parts) and their interaction with one another to create harmonies, typically in accordance with the principles of common-practice harmony and counterpoint.

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Voicing (music)

In music theory, voicing refers to two closely related concepts.

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See also

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References

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

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, Root (chord), Secondary chord, Semitone, Seventh chord, Symphonic Variations (Franck), Tritone, Tritone substitution, Voice leading, Voicing (music).