S: ackord,
FI: sointu.
-Three or more tones sounding simultaneously. In traditional European music
+Two or more tones sounding simultaneously. In traditional European music
the base chord is a @emph{triad} consisting of two thirds. @emph{Major}
(major + minor third) as well as @emph{minor} (minor + major third) chords
may be extended with more thirds. Four-tone @emph{seventh chords} and
the middle third means their quality is ambivalent -- neither major nor
minor.
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\new Staff {
\relative c'' {
"minor "
"diminished "
"augmented "
- "seventh-chord "
- "ninth-chord"
+ "seventh "
+ "ninth"
}
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and are called @emph{tritonus} because they consist of three whole tones.
The addition of such two intervals forms an octave.
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\context Voice \relative c'' {
% Prime or unison