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chromatic

kroe-MA-tik

[English]

1. Any music or chord that contains notes not belonging to the diatonic scale.
 
2. Music which proceeds in half steps.

Example


Dissonance: Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde", Prelude


Johann Sebastian Bach: "Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue" in D minor, BWV 903


Richard Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde", Prelude



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Last Updated: 2016-05-21 13:06:58