Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, composed and performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. This is Edison Diamond Disc 82187-R, Matrix 6742-C-2-3 [2-1]. Recorded in 1919, released in December 1920. Українська: «Прелюдія до-дієз мінор», написана і виконана Сергієм Рахманіновим, випущена в грудні 1920 року.
A sound file playing the interval of an augmented fifth, in equal temperment. The first tone is a sine wave at 300 Hz, the second is at 476.1 Hz, the last is the interval. Made with NCH Tone generator.
waltz by Chopin (Op. 64, No. 2). According to the little book in the CD cover the piano is a "Steinway grand". Paderewski was very associated with Steinway, he and William Steinway together created the program called Steinway Artists.
Altered major chord on B with diminished seventh (B, D♯, F♯, A♭), equivalent to a minor-minor seventh chord on G♯ (G♯, B, D♯, F♯) Alterierter Akkord mit verminderter Sept Esperanto: Ekzemplo por malsupren aliigita septo
Chromatic fourth in Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (the chromatic fourth is indicated by a red bracket). From Fugue No. 2 in D minor of the second book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 875). Entered into Finale 2006, with red bracket added in Photoshop. The music this excerpt comes from is public domain. My selection and addition of bracket is GFDL.
Author: The original uploader was Hyacinth at English Wikipedia.
FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849) Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 c minor- Allegro con fuoco Supposedly written in Stuttgart shortly after Chopin received news of the taking of Warsaw by the Russians September 8, 1831, this Etude is popularly called The Revolutionary."
Example of the Locrian diatonic scale. Note the dark, inharmonious sound. The Locrian scale is difficult to work with due to so few harmonic intervals.