Alpha chord

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In music the alpha-chord collection is "a vertically organized statement of the octatonic scale as two diminished seventh chords" such as: C#-E-G-Bb-C-Eb-F#-A. (Wilson 1992, p.7)

One of the most important subsets of the alpha collection, the alpha chord, E-G-C-Eb may be considered a mistuned major chord. (ibid, p.9)

The octatonic scale is, vertically, the complete alpha chord. (ibid, p.25)

[edit] Source

  • Wilson, Paul (1992). The Music of Béla Bartók. ISBN 0-300-05111-5.
  • Lendvai, Ernő (1971). Béla Bartók: An Analysis of His Music. London: Kahn and Averill. Cited in Wilson (1992).
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