Chord (music) — Instruments and voices playing and singing different notes create chords. This article describes pitch simultaneity and harmony in music. For other meanings of the word, see Chord. A chord in music is any harmonic set of two–three or more notes… … Wikipedia
Tone cluster — Example of piano tone clusters. The clusters in the upper staff C♯ D♯ F♯ G♯ are four successive black keys … Wikipedia
Henry Cowell — Infobox Person name = Henry Cowell image size = 175px caption = birth date = birth date|1897|3|11 birth place = Menlo Park, California death date = death date and age|1965|12|10|1897|3|11 death place = Shady, New York occupation = Composer,… … Wikipedia
List of music topics — This page is a list articles related to music.compactTOC NOTOC A A cappella ndash; Absolute pitch ndash; Accidental ndash; Accompaniment ndash; Ad libitum ndash; Adagio ndash; Added tone chord ndash; Additive rhythm ndash; Album ndash; Aleatoric… … Wikipedia
György Ligeti — Infobox Musical artist Name = György Ligeti Img capt = Img size = 300px Landscape = Background = non performing personnel Birth name = György Sándor Ligeti Alias = Born = birth date|mf=yes|1923|5|28|mf=y Târnăveni, Romania Died = death date and… … Wikipedia
Tertian — Tertial redirects here. For the feathers in a birds wing, see tertials .In music or music theory, tertian is the quality of a chord constructed from thirds, and other things constructed from thirds such as counterpoint. A third may be either… … Wikipedia
Extended chord — Dominant thirteenth extended chord: C E G B♭ D F A … Wikipedia
Thirteenth — Compound interval of a major thirteenth from F to D in the next octave up … Wikipedia
Polychord — In music and music theory, a bichord or polychord consists of two or more chords, one on top of the other.The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or polytonality. Harmonic parallelism may suggest bichords.Examples may be found in Igor… … Wikipedia
Eric Whitacre — Whitacre conducting in 2009. Background information Born January 2, 1970 (1970 01 02) (a … Wikipedia