Parallel and counter parallel: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Contrast chord example.png|thumb|Contrast chord example {{audio|Contrast chord example.mid|Play}}: C major and E minor contrast through their respective notes C and B (in red and orange), each a half step apart or leading tones. The chords share two notes (in blue) however.]]

The '''counter parallel''' or '''contrast chord''' is terminology used in German theory derived mainly from Hugo Riemann to refer to (US:) [[relative (music)|relative]] (German: parallel) [[diatonic function]]s and is abbreviated Tcp in major and tCp in minor (Tkp respectively tKp in Riemann's diction). The chord can be seen as the "[[tonic parallel]] reversed" and is in a major key the same chord as the [[dominant parallel]] (Dp) and in a minor key equal to the [[subdominant parallel]] (sP); yet, it has another function. According to Riemann the chord is derived through '''''Leittonwechselklänge''''' (German: "[[leading-tone]] contrast chords"), abbreviated Tl in major and tL in minor.

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