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…as a key center requires a collection of other notes. For example, the establishment of the note C: The establishment of a given note (by a collection of other notes) as a principal note creates a key center – which is commonly known as a key. …with each musical note having duplicates across the keyboard layout. …they are basically categorized into twelve musical notes: When musicians say key, what do they really mean? I’ll tell you.Īlthough there are several notes on the piano: But before we go into all that, let’s devote some minutes to the review of the concept of key. In today’s lesson, we’re exploring the relationship between the term diatonic and chromatic, especially in terms of usage. It is important for every musician (especially beginners) to properly understand the term diatonic and chromatic and that’s why we dedicated two lessons in the past to exploring their respective definitions and usage.

Eventually these symbols were incorporated into the music, preceding the note they modified.Today’s lesson features a contrast between the diatonic and the chromatic. In time, the symbols representing an altered pitch were added above the note, almost as an editorial marking. Originally the conditional use of these alterations was understood, therefore not notated. These altered pitches were called musica ficta (“contrived” or “feigned” music “false” music). Sometimes pitches were altered (raised) to provide a more pronounced resolution to a following pitch. Sometimes a pitch was considered to sound too “hard” and was therefore “softened” (lowered). As compositional styles evolved and new resources added, composers routinely altered pitches for a variety of reasons. will recur from time to time to describe altered pitches and their effects in music.Įarly music made use of a fixed number of pitches organized into a system of overlapping six-tone sequences ( hexachords). The term chromaticism Chromaticism refers to those altered pitches that lie “outside” the range of a particular collection. In early music, this term was employed to describe those pitches lying outside of the theoretical collection of pitches, pitches that were altered for various reasons. The word chromatic comes from the Greek word for “color,” kromos. A simplistic (and incorrect) view describes diatonic pitches as “the white notes” on the piano. The term diatonic denotes pitches that occur naturally in a theoretical system of music with respect to its components.

Defining musica ficta, accidentals, precautionary accidentals.

Defining diatonic pitches and chromatic alteration.

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