La Monte Young - Magic opening chord: E♭, E, F, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, E, F, G, A, B♭ = 2:3:7:9:21:63:567:189:567. The opening chord (left), E, F, A, B♭, D, E, G, and A, and the magic chord (right), E♭, B♭, C, E♭, F, B♭.
5 7 9 chord on E, eight steps in the octave. Other non-octave tunings investigated by Bohlen besides the Bohlen-Pierce scale include eight steps in the octave, based on 5:7:9 and of which only the just version would be used. Traditional notation: E B♭ D.
Author: Created by Hyacinth (talk) 06:34, 25 November 2010 using Sibelius 5.
Ninth chord resolutions as recommended by Schoenberg based on the rules for seventh chords: dissonances resolve downwards and the fifth rises to the first scale degree. Root position (A), First inversion (B), Second inversion (C), Third inversion (D), and Fourth inversion, all V9-I, followed by a nondominant example in root position: I9-IV (E).
Power chords in progression create parallel fifths, though the prohibit is not relevant since there is not intention to create independent voices. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 03:21, 29 January 2012 (UTC) using Sibelius 5.
C major and E minor contrast through their respective notes C and B (in red and orange), each a half step apart or leading tones. The chords share two notes (in blue) however.