Talk:Mystic chord

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[edit] Synthetic

why is this called synthetic chord when the article uses mystic? – ishwar  (speak) 03:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I feel I have a pretty good understanding of music theory and harmony, including many aspects of modern harmony, and to me a synthetic chord is any one of a number of harmonies which can be regarded as invented for the occasion, or as the consistent basis for a new harmonic language, and which don't fit the patterns of normal chords in traditional harmony. In other words, "synthetic chord" refers not to any particular chord, but to a whole class of chords. (The chord under discussion is one of that class, but that's neither here nor there, because it is incorrect to suggest that this particular chord is known as *the* synthetic chord.)

This article should be retitled to either "Mystic chord" or "Prometheus/Promethean chord". I would do it myself right now if I knew how to, but, since I'm still fairly new to Wikipedia, I'll have to leave it for now. The present article, "Synthetic chord", should be kept for a broader coverage of all synthetic chords, when one is written. (I might consider writing it myself one day, since I believe I could write at least a broad introduction to the topic - but that's for a later time.) M.J.E. 08:25, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oops.

diminished octave --> augmented seventh

Thanks for correcting this, Andeeze2003. I meant "augmented seventh", but somehow got my thinking on this reversed and wrongly typed "diminished octave". M.J.E. (talk) 10:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Title: Mystic vs Prometheus

By far the most common English usage appears to be "mystic" rather than "Prometheus" or "Promethean" chord and the article is currently title appropriately ("mystic"). Hyacinth (talk) 19:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Media: Midi rendition

I think this page needs a Midi rendition of the chord. I could provide it, but I haven't figured out how to make an upload and link to it in the article. Rikypedia (talk) 01:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

There is an .ogg. Hyacinth (talk) 02:16, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
It didn't show up when I left my note here. It does now. Thanks. Rikypedia (talk) 14:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)