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  2. Augmented sixth chord - Wikipedia

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    In music theory, an augmented sixth chord contains the interval of an augmented sixth, usually above its bass tone. This chord has its origins in the Renaissance , [ 2 ] was further developed in the Baroque , and became a distinctive part of the musical style of the Classical and Romantic periods.

  3. Augmentation (music) - Wikipedia

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    An augmented chord is one which contains an augmented interval, almost invariably the 5th of the chord. An augmented triad is a major triad whose fifth has been raised by a chromatic semitone; it is the principal harmony of the whole tone scale. For example, the D ♭ augmented triad contains the notes D ♭ —F—A.

  4. Augmented sixth - Wikipedia

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    Augmented sixth Play ⓘ.. In music, an augmented sixth (Play ⓘ) is an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone. [1] [4] For instance, the interval from C to A is a major sixth, nine semitones wide, and both the intervals from C ♭ to A, and from C to A ♯ are augmented sixths, spanning ten semitones.

  5. Function (music) - Wikipedia

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    The Viennese theory on the other hand, the "Theory of the degrees" (Stufentheorie), represented by Simon Sechter, Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg among others, considers that each degree has its own function and refers to the tonal center through the cycle of fifths; it stresses harmonic progressions above chord quality. [19] In music ...

  6. Diminished third - Wikipedia

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    In classical music from Western culture, a diminished third (Play ⓘ) is the musical interval produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone. [1] [4] For instance, the interval from A to C is a minor third, three semitones wide, and both the intervals from A ♯ to C, and from A to C ♭ are diminished thirds, two semitones wide.

  7. Category:German music theorists - Wikipedia

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    Music theorists are those who study music theory. This category includes theorists from the ancient world, especially ancient Greece which was a particularly active centre of study, to the present day. Music theory is usually considered to be a subclassification of musicology, the general academic study of music.

  8. Parallel and counter parallel - Wikipedia

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    The "counter parallel" or "contrast chord" is terminology used in German theory derived mainly from Hugo Riemann to refer to (US:) relative (German: parallel) diatonic functions and is abbreviated Tcp in major and tCp in minor (Tkp respectively tKp in Riemann's diction). The chord can be seen as the "tonic parallel reversed" and is in a major ...

  9. Axis system - Wikipedia

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    In music, the axis system is a system of analysis originating in the work of Ernő Lendvai, which he developed in his analysis of the music of Béla Bartók.. The axis system is "concerned with harmonic and tonal substitution", [1] and posits a novel type of functional relationship between tones and chords.