Petrushka chord

Petrushka chord
Component intervals from root
diminished seventh
minor sixth
diminished fifth
minor third
diminished third
root
Forte no.
6-30

The Petrushka chord is a recurring polytonal device used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka and in later music. These two major triads, C major and F major – a tritone apart – clash, "horribly with each other," when sounded together and create a dissonant chord.[1]

  1. ^ Pogue, David (1997). Classical Music for Dummies, p. 80. ISBN 0-7645-5009-8