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31:Bitonal polychord: F major on top of C major.
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81:The use of polychords may suggest
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302:Lydian augmented scale
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119:Polychords: E minor, E
89:may suggest bichords.
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399:Broadway the Hard Way
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635:Munro, Doug (2002).
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87:Harmonic parallelism
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394:Jezebel Boy
390:Frank Zappa
362:Perry Mason
342:players ."
152:ninth chord
1330:Categories
1242:Techniques
1229:Substitute
1224:Subsidiary
1160:Neapolitan
1118:Submediant
1098:Supertonic
871:Dominant 7
861:Thirteenth
793:Diminished
745:Diminished
560:, p. 168.
473:, p. 242.
457:References
316:) and/or F
83:bitonality
1259:Chordioid
1175:Secondary
991:Petrushka
925:Seven six
882:Polychord
750:Suspended
740:Augmented
639:, p. 36.
536:, p. 62.
515:, p. 76.
494:, p. 30.
451:Chordioid
99:Petrushka
56:polychord
18:Monochord
1300:Arpeggio
1214:Contrast
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1145:Approach
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1085:Diatonic
1076:function
1032:Secundal
934:Specific
874:♯
856:Eleventh
843:Extended
783:Dominant
431:Secundal
425:See also
359:'s 1957
340:post-bop
319:♯
294:♭
288:♯
272:♭
261:♭
255:♭
252:major (D
249:♭
243:♯
237:♭
206:♭
128:♭
125:major, E
122:♭
1165:Passing
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1103:Mediant
1042:Quartal
1037:Tertian
1020:General
1006:Tristan
1001:So What
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760:Seventh
714:By form
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436:Tertian
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946:Bridge
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976:Magic
956:Dream
941:Alpha
910:Sixth
898:Added
851:Ninth
778:Minor
773:Major
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730:Major
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366:theme
322:dim (
198:G vs
166:triad
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