Psalms chord

Psalms chord
Component intervals from root
minor tenth
perfect fifth
minor third
root
Forte no. / Complement
3-11 / 9-11

Psalms chord

In music, the Psalms chord is "the famous opening chord"^[1] of Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, a "barking E minor triad – characteristically spaced",^[2] "like no E-minor triad that was ever known before".^[3] It is common to both the octatonic scale and the Phrygian scale on E, and the contrasting sections of the first movement based on the scales are linked by statements of the Psalms chord.^[1]

	Psalms chord Arpeggio; then as a simultaneity
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Sources

1 2 Straus, Joseph N. (2005). Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (third edition), p. 152. ISBN 0-13-189890-6.
↑ Mellers, Wilfred (1971). "1930: Symphony of Psalms", Tempo, New Series, No. 97 ("Igor Stravinsky 17 June 1882-6 April 1971"), pp. 19–27. Cambridge University Press.
↑ Berger, Arthur (1963). "Problems of Pitch Organization in Stravinsky", p. 33. Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn – Winter), pp. 11–42.

Chords

By form

Triad	Major Minor Augmented Diminished Suspended

Seventh	Major Minor Dominant Dominant seventh flat five Diminished Half-diminished Diminished major Minor-major Augmented major Augmented minor Altered seventh Nondominant Harmonic seventh

Extended	Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Upper structure Dominant 7♯9 Polychord Tone cluster

Added / omitted	Sixth Augmented sixth Lydian Seven six

Specific	Alpha Bridge Complexe sonore Dream Elektra Farben Grandmother Magic µ Mystic Northern lights Petrushka Psalms So What Tristan Viennese trichord

General	Mixed interval Secundal Tertian Quartal Synthetic chord

By function

Diatonic	Tonic Dominant Subdominant Supertonic Mediant Submediant Leading / Subtonic

Altered	Approach Borrowed Chromatic mediant Neapolitan Passing

Secondary	Secondary dominant Secondary leading-tone Secondary supertonic

Other	Common Contrast Primary triad Subsidiary

Techniques

Other

Igor Stravinsky

Operas and musical dramas	The Flood L'Histoire du soldat Mavra The Nightingale Oedipus rex Perséphone The Rake's Progress Renard

Ballets	Agon Apollo Le baiser de la fée The Firebird Jeu de cartes Les noces Petrushka Pulcinella Orpheus The Rite of Spring Scènes de ballet

Symphonies and concertos	Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Concerto in D major Concerto in E♭ major ("Dumbarton Oaks") Ebony Concerto Symphonies of Wind Instruments Symphony in C major Symphony in E♭ major Symphony in Three Movements Violin Concerto in D

Choral	Cantata Canticum Sacrum Mass Requiem Canticles Le roi des étoiles A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer Symphony of Psalms Threni

Piano and pianola	Les cinq doigts Concerto for Two Pianos Étude pour pianola Five Easy Pieces Piano-Rag-Music Piano Sonata Piano Sonata in F♯ minor Quatre études Serenade in A Sonata for Two Pianos Tango Three Easy Pieces Trois mouvements de Petrouchka

Other	Abraham and Isaac Berceuses du chat Le chant du rossignol Circus Polka Danses concertantes Double Canon (in Memoriam Raoul Dufy) Duo Concertant Élégie Elegy for J.F.K. Epitaphium Fanfare for a New Theatre Feu d'artifice Monumentum pro Gesualdo Movements for Piano and Orchestra Octet Ode Pastorale Pribaoutki Scherzo à la russe Scherzo fantastique Septet Three Pieces for String Quartet Variations

Related articles	Compositions Danses concertantes Discography George Balanchine Ballets Russes Vera de Bosset Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (film) Sergei Diaghilev Neoclassicism Petrushka chord Psalms chord Werner Reinhart Serialism Fyodor Stravinsky Soulima Stravinsky Stravinsky Fountain

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Psalms chord

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