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]

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

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

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