Chord (music)A chord is the simultaneous sound of two or more musical notes. The most common chord has three notes and is known as a triad. Added tone chords, extended chords, and tone clusters can have more than three notes and are common in contemporary classical music and jazz. An arpeggio is a chord where notes are sounded separately. A series of chords is sometimes called a chord progression.
Music theoryMusic theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music.
Bass (sound)Bass ( ) (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitchedrange C2-C4. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles.Simultaneity (music)In music, a simultaneity is more than one complete musical texture occurring at the same time, rather than in succession. This first appeared in the music of Charles Ives, and is common in the music of Conlon Nancarrow and others.
Early musicEarly music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750) or ancient music (before 500 AD). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical music.
Nonchord toneA nonchord tone (NCT), nonharmonic tone, or embellishing tone is a note in a piece of music or song that is not part of the implied or expressed chord set out by the harmonic framework. In contrast, a chord tone is a note that is a part of the functional chord. Nonchord tones are most often discussed in the context of the common practice period of classical music, but the term can also be used in the analysis of other types of tonal music, such as Western popular music.
Musical noteRepresentation of isolatable musical sound In music, notes are distinct and isolatable sounds that act as the most basic building blocks for nearly all of music. This discretization facilitates performance, comprehension, and analysis. Notes may be visually communicated by writing them in musical notation. Notes can distinguish the general pitch class or the specific pitch played by a pitched instrument.
TonalityIn music theory, the tonality of a piece is its perceived key or mode. Tonality centers around a tonicnote and chord, where the piece is most stable, and may be indicated by clues such as a key signature or the function of the piece's chords. For example, in the key of Cmajor, the tonic note is C, and the tonic triad is Cmajor (consisting of notes C, E and G). Similarly, in B Lydian, the tonic note is B, and the tonic triad is Bmajor (consisting of notes B, D# and F#).Part (music)A part in music refers to a component of a musical composition. Because there are multiple ways to separate these components, there are several contradictory senses in which the word "part" is used: any individual melody (or voice), whether vocal or instrumental, that can be abstracted as continuous and independent from other notes being performed simultaneously in polyphony.
PandiatonicismPandiatonicism is a musical technique of using the diatonic (as opposed to the chromatic) scale without the limitations of functionaltonality. Music using this technique is pandiatonic. HistoryThe term "pandiatonicism" was coined by Nicolas Slonimsky in the second edition of Music since 1900 to describe chord formations of any number up to all seven degrees of the diatonic scale, "used freely in democratic equality".*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.