Editing Secundal

[[Image:Tone cluster.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Example of piano tone clusters creating secundal chords, especially in the left hand (bottom) part, which features three notes each a second apart.]]

In [[music]] or [[music theory]], '''secundal''' is the quality of a [[chord (music)|chord]] made from [[Interval number|seconds]], and anything related to things constructed from seconds such as [[counterpoint]]. Secundal chords are often called [[tone cluster]]s more generally, especially when non-diatonic. "[Any] three or more pitches in secundal relationship may correctly be referred to as a tone cluster."<ref name="K&P">Kostka & Payne (1995). Tonal Harmony, p. 499. Third Edition. {{ISBN|0-07-300056-6}}.</ref> Chords which may be considered as built from [[Interval (music)|sevenths]], because of [[Inversion (interval)|musical inversion]], are secundal. [[Polychord]]s may create secundal chords.

The secundal harmony in [[Ross Lee Finney]]'s "Playing Tag" provides "accentuation and forward motion", as well as the basis for the "fragmentary [[melody]]":<ref name="K&P"/>

[[Image:Ross Lee Finney, "Playing Tag" secundal harmony.png|thumb|center|400px|Secundal harmony in Ross Lee Finney's "Playing Tag".<ref name="K&P"/> {{Audio|Ross Lee Finney, "Playing Tag" secundal harmony.mid|Play}}]]

==See also==
* [[Tertian]]
* [[Quartal and quintal harmony|Quartal]]
* [[Polychord]]

==References==
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