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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 ....
 or music theory
Music theory

Music theory is the field of study that deals with how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It identifies patterns that govern composer techniques....
, secundal is the quality of a chord
Chord (music)

In music and music theory a chord is a set of two or more different note that sound simultaneously. Most often, in European-influenced music, chords are tertian Sonority that can be constructed as stacks of thirds relative to some underlying musical scale....
 made from second
Second (music)

In music, a second may refer to:* Minor second, or semitone* Neutral second, or three-quarters-tone * Major second, or whole tone * Minor third#Augmented second, or either one-and-one-quarter tones or one-and-one-half tones ...
s, and anything related to things constructed from seconds such as counterpoint
Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more Register that are independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony....
. Secundal chords are often referred to more generally as tone cluster
Tone cluster

A tone cluster is a chord comprising at least three consecutive tones in a musical scale. Prototypical tone clusters are based on the chromatic scale, and are separated by semitones....
s, especially when non-diatonic. Chords which may be considered as built from seventh
Seventh

Seventh may refer to:*Seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution to the U.S. Constitution...
s, because of musical inversion
Inversion (music)

In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and inverted voices....
, are actually secundal.






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Tone Cluster
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 ....
 or music theory
Music theory

Music theory is the field of study that deals with how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It identifies patterns that govern composer techniques....
, secundal is the quality of a chord
Chord (music)

In music and music theory a chord is a set of two or more different note that sound simultaneously. Most often, in European-influenced music, chords are tertian Sonority that can be constructed as stacks of thirds relative to some underlying musical scale....
 made from second
Second (music)

In music, a second may refer to:* Minor second, or semitone* Neutral second, or three-quarters-tone * Major second, or whole tone * Minor third#Augmented second, or either one-and-one-quarter tones or one-and-one-half tones ...
s, and anything related to things constructed from seconds such as counterpoint
Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more Register that are independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony....
. Secundal chords are often referred to more generally as tone cluster
Tone cluster

A tone cluster is a chord comprising at least three consecutive tones in a musical scale. Prototypical tone clusters are based on the chromatic scale, and are separated by semitones....
s, especially when non-diatonic. Chords which may be considered as built from seventh
Seventh

Seventh may refer to:*Seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution to the U.S. Constitution...
s, because of musical inversion
Inversion (music)

In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and inverted voices....
, are actually secundal. Polychord
Polychord

In music and music theory, a bichord or polychord consists of two or more chord s, one on top of the other.The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or polytonality....
s may create secundal chords.