Tetrachords - The Building Blocks of Music Scales

http://www.playpiano.com Unless you went to a music school or had an unusually good piano teacher, you may not have been exposed to tetrachords. They are 4-note scales with a definite formula that form the basis of our diatonic scales (normal 8 note major scales) Come on over to http://www.playpiano.com and sign up for our free newsletter by email on piano chords and chord progressions if you like this kind of thing and want to learn more.

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[sivko23]

I m feeling like my mind is having orgy of knowledge

[BachGuitar3]

Armenian music is based on tetrachords. Good video

[stevieVantanna]

I just bought an Ear Training book based on Tetrachords.

[barnumeffect5]

I asked musicians questions to understand the patterns of theory. I never read a book on this. but if i wanted 2 read a book on this I would look into 20th century music.

and if you want to look specifically in the different types of chords that are taught, besides what you'll learn in college which is basically tertian triads which are basically stacks of 3rds with varying qualities, look into cardinality. which tells you how many notes are in the chord, and the diatonic distance.

[dtwe002]

Could you describe for me a book, in relation to what you're talking about please.

[barnumeffect5]

to my understanding diatonic chords are described by how many notes are in the chord: diad, triad, tetra. and then stacked by the quality: secundal(2nds) tertian (3rds) quartal (4ths) quintal and it's pretty much inverted stacks from here.

is this describing a tertian secundal chord since there are 4 notes in each chord and each note is stacked in layers of diatonic 2nds?

[TheMazurka]

Thanks for helping me with preparing for my theory exams. Wiki doesn't help at all

[bluegrassbaby86]

You're a really good teacher. My piano teacher showed me about tetrachords because that's my favorite lick.

[yallsmama1]

thank you! excellent lesson, well explained, easy to understand. 10/10