Let’s have a look at Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” Chord. This works by employing polytonality with two major chords [Triads]. They are played a tritone apart. This creates a dissonance which it is infamous for. But, this can also be manipulated to create an etherial sound.
This example employs an F# 2nd inversion triad with a C Major 1st Inversion triad on top.
F# in the bass and C in the treble: Stravinsky Voicing.
Guitar Voicing Variation and more comfortable to to play:
To finish with we will join the two major triads together and create an arpeggiated run in order to fully hear this compositional device in action.
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Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately.
Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form
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