Contrast chord
Contrast chord example 
Play : C major and E minor contrast through their respective notes C and B (in red and orange), each a half step apart or leading tones. The chords share two notes (in blue) however.
Play : C major and E minor contrast through their respective notes C and B (in red and orange), each a half step apart or leading tones. The chords share two notes (in blue) however.In music, a contrast chord is an auxiliary chord formed from one of the three primary triads and sharing its diatonic function. Leittonwechselklänge (German: "leading-tone contrast chords"), abbreviated Tl in major and tL in minor.
If chords may be formed by raising (major) or lowering (minor) the fifth a whole step [ parallel or relative chords], they may also be formed by lowering (major) or raising (minor) the root a half-step to wechsel, the leading tone or leitton. These chords are Leittonwechselklänge (literally: "leading-tone changing sounds"), sometimes called gegenklang or "contrast chord". [1]
| Mode | Key | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Major | E minor | Tl |
| A minor | Sl | |
| B minor | Dl | |
| Minor | Ab major | tL |
| Db major | sL | |
| Eb major | dL |
- Major Leittonwechselklänge, formed by lowering the root a half step.
- Minor Leittonwechselklänge, formed by raising the root (US)/fifth (German) a half step.
See also
Sources
- ↑ Gjerdingen, Robert O. (1990). "A Guide to the Terminology of German Harmony", Studies in the Origin of Harmonic Tonality by Dahlhaus, Carl, trans. Gjerdingen (1990). Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09135-8.
External links
- “A Guide to the Terminology of German Harmony”, in Studies on the Origin of Harmonic Tonality, pp. xi–xv (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1990). "Published Papers", Robert Gjerdingen.
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