THE PERFECT FOURTH INTERVAL
('CHAMELEON' INTERvAL: PLAYS weLL WITH MANY OTHERS)
Quartal Arpeggios And And Their Applications
I present here various practice etudes to internalize the perfect
fourth interval and quartal harmony in it’s various formats and
applications. The interval will be
shown in 2, 3, 4, and 5 note series, resulting in quartal duads, triads, the 4
note series, which when compressed reveals a very useful 4 note scale (each can
sound well in 4 different scales ), and the 5 note series which is the
Pentatonic Scale when compressed.
Perfect fourth harmony is very homogenous, able to easily slide from
one key to the next, for no tritones exist; therefore no definite tonality is
established. Pattern #1 shows how
quartal triads can contain diminished and augmented fourths, but these are less
frequently found and used. The
complete palette of Quartal chords offers a tool to express any musical thought
you wish to express.
I hope this study and these etudes prove useful, and that you’ll
give me comments and feedback’
Sincerely,
Errol Weiss Schlabach
Become familiar with this friendly, 'plays well with all' interval.
ReplyDeleteSincerely, Errol