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
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