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Edward Palamar
Posts : 24 Join date : 2012-01-19 Age : 67 Location : PA, USA
| Subject: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:19 pm | |
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TomL Admin
Posts : 462 Join date : 2010-03-25 Age : 67 Location : Myerstown, PA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:41 pm | |
| If I may ask, what is Tertian Harmony? | |
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Edward Palamar
Posts : 24 Join date : 2012-01-19 Age : 67 Location : PA, USA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:09 pm | |
| - TomL wrote:
- If I may ask, what is Tertian Harmony?
The study of harmony with respect to the third as the base interval. So, the base series is 1,3,5,7,9,11,13. | |
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TomL Admin
Posts : 462 Join date : 2010-03-25 Age : 67 Location : Myerstown, PA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:16 am | |
| - Edward Palamar wrote:
- TomL wrote:
- If I may ask, what is Tertian Harmony?
The study of harmony with respect to the third as the base interval. So, the base series is 1,3,5,7,9,11,13. I still don't understand. What does "Tertian Harmony" mean? | |
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Edward Palamar
Posts : 24 Join date : 2012-01-19 Age : 67 Location : PA, USA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:49 pm | |
| - TomL wrote:
- I still don't understand. What does "Tertian Harmony" mean?
There is secundal harmony (built with respect to the interval of the second), quartal harmony (with respect to the fourth), and quintal (with respect to the fifth), to name some others. Tertian Harmony centers on the interval of the third as the main, cohesive building block of harmony, and as a general rule, everything pertinent to such building is expressed with regard to that interval. | |
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TomL Admin
Posts : 462 Join date : 2010-03-25 Age : 67 Location : Myerstown, PA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:44 am | |
| How does that relate to how the notes are played? | |
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Edward Palamar
Posts : 24 Join date : 2012-01-19 Age : 67 Location : PA, USA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:37 pm | |
| - TomL wrote:
- How does that relate to how the notes are played?
At a basic level, there are only melodic (a single note to another note) and harmonic (two or more notes sounding simultaneously) intervals. That question also beckons overall instrument technique per performer, as well as how they are written. The harmonic system is an intricacy in the reckoning of compositional structure, it is more like a specific language (dialect) within the context of the oft statement, "Music is a universal language." It is possible to write extremely difficult music that only a computer could perform, all the while adhering to the norms of tertian harmony. Interpretation (how) is usually left to the performer(s) unless specified. | |
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TomL Admin
Posts : 462 Join date : 2010-03-25 Age : 67 Location : Myerstown, PA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:41 am | |
| I did take guitar lessons for a short time, until I had hand surgery on my left hand that prevent me from doing chords and moving my hand up and down the frets. When you talk about note played simultaneously, are you talking about chords? | |
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Edward Palamar
Posts : 24 Join date : 2012-01-19 Age : 67 Location : PA, USA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:36 pm | |
| Yes. Two or more notes played simultaneously (or referenced as in composition, or in sequence as regards arpeggios) constitute a chord. | |
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TomL Admin
Posts : 462 Join date : 2010-03-25 Age : 67 Location : Myerstown, PA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:57 am | |
| So the number of notes in a chord determine the type of chord it is. A three note chord would be a tertiary chord. Would that be correct? | |
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Edward Palamar
Posts : 24 Join date : 2012-01-19 Age : 67 Location : PA, USA
| Subject: Re: Tertian Harmony and Chord Manual Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:17 am | |
| I've never used that term. The basic 3 note chord is called a triad. Chords of the 7th contain 4, of the 9th - 5, the 11th - 6, and the 13ths have 7. | |
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