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Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 alteration, an example of chromaticism
Chromaticism

In music, chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale....
, is the use of a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale
Chromatic scale

The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve Pitch es, each a semitone or half step apart. "A chromatic scale is a diatonic scale consisting entirely of half-step interval ," having, "no tonic ," due to the symmetry or equal spacing of its tones....
 in place of its diatonic neighbor such as in an altered chord
Altered chord

In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale....
. This should not be confused with borrowing (as in borrowed chord
Borrowed chord

A borrowed chord is a chord borrowed from the parallel key. If the root of the borrowed chord is not in the original key, then they are named by the Accidental ....
), in which pitches or chords from the parallel key
Parallel key

In music, the parallel minor or tonic minor of a particular major key is the minor key with the same Tonic ; similarly the parallel major has the same tonic as the minor key....
 are used in place of those of the original key. Altered notes may be used as leading tones to emphasize their diatonic neighbors.






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In music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 alteration, an example of chromaticism
Chromaticism

In music, chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale....
, is the use of a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale
Chromatic scale

The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve Pitch es, each a semitone or half step apart. "A chromatic scale is a diatonic scale consisting entirely of half-step interval ," having, "no tonic ," due to the symmetry or equal spacing of its tones....
 in place of its diatonic neighbor such as in an altered chord
Altered chord

In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale....
. This should not be confused with borrowing (as in borrowed chord
Borrowed chord

A borrowed chord is a chord borrowed from the parallel key. If the root of the borrowed chord is not in the original key, then they are named by the Accidental ....
), in which pitches or chords from the parallel key
Parallel key

In music, the parallel minor or tonic minor of a particular major key is the minor key with the same Tonic ; similarly the parallel major has the same tonic as the minor key....
 are used in place of those of the original key. Altered notes may be used as leading tones to emphasize their diatonic neighbors. For example, an altered dominant
Dominant (music)

In music, the dominant is the fifth degree of the Scale . For example, in the C major scale , the dominant is the note G; and the dominant chord uses the notes G, B, and D....
 or V chord may be G-B-D:

Altered Dominant Chord C Major

See also


  • Diatonic and chromatic
    Diatonic and chromatic

    Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are most often used to characterise Scale , and are also applied to Interval , Chord , notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony....