Mystic chord

The Mystic chord is an acoustic Tredezimakkord - that is, major third, perfect fifth, minor seventh, major ninth, eleventh excessive (# 11 ) and large thirteenth - here without Quinte, in the wide position shown on the right in the music of Alexander Scriabin is particularly frequent. This form of use of the already diverse occurring in the French Impressionism acoustic Seven sound ( set, for example, in the initial position as in various inversions, narrow or wide, complete or incomplete, figured or unfiguriert ) is characterized by the wide Nonlage, by the absence of Quinte and by the instrumented directly above the root # 11 (scalar: tritone ) from. Due to this emerging vertical mix of excessive, diminished and perfect fourths you first assumed it was this is a multi- Quart altered chord. We now know that large layers can occur not only in three-and four-note chords but of course also in five-, six-and seven sounds. The absence of the fifth and the wide Auftragungsform change, however, even with seven acoustic sounds nothing terzgeschichteten to its basic structure, as well as with classical seventh chords, which can be detected even if the occasional lack of Quinte and also in a wide position as such.

Scriabin, in his development as a composer increasingly dissonant tendency was observed in any case, began gradually altered dominant chords derivative matic character "freeze", which means that the dominant loses its original character and is contrary to the sound of the center.

Due Scriabin integration of philosophy and mysticism in his creative work has been given the name of this chord "Mystic " or " Prometheus chord ", the latter because of its extremely common use in Scriabin's last orchestral work " Prometheus. Le Poème du feu ", Op 60 ( " Prometheus - The Poem of Fire "," Poème " is a technology developed by Scriabin genus ).