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Messiaen's Resonant Chord

Andrew D. Kaiser 6,344 3 years ago
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We’ll talk about another special chord - the Resonant chord - which Messiaen describes as the overtone series translated (he uses the word Tempered) into his own Mode 3. (since publishing I've gotten a couple of questions where I used some unclear words to explain 'inversion'. check out more details here after you've watched this one: https://youtu.be/mIyhdNxBbhM) 1:28 anticipating the Modes of Limited transposition 2:52 this is the ‘resonant chord’ defined 5:53 overtones and more modal overview 7:31 The Third mode ( the one we care about today) 8:35 what does Messiaen mean by ‘Tempered’ 10:06 Voicing of the resonant chord 11:02 the fingers com e first ( an idiosyncratic theory on the origin of the modes) 11:43 Vingt regards XIII ( a tangent) 13:46 Inversion of the resonant chord ( it’s not apparent) 18:13 progression of inversions built on the first mode 23:13 necessary puppy update Buy Me a Coffee to support my plans for The Kaiser Ensemble https://www.buymeacoffee.com/andrewdkaiser Buy my book On Mortality and the Human Imagination (https://www.amazon.com/mortality-human-imagination-Andrew-Kaiser/dp/168818676X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=kaiser+mortality+and+the+human+imagination&qid=1605609759&sr=8-1) Subscribe to a newsletter for occasional updates on the podcast, videos and other writing. https://www.zenglop.net/zenglop/zenglop-the-newsletter.html

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