Northern lights chord
In
fused-ensemble timbres, for example, the beautiful 'northern lights'...chord, in a very interesting distribution of pitches, produces a fused sound supported by a suspended cymbal roll".[1] "The 'northern lights' sounds, so icy and impersonal and menacing, are a brilliant orchestral invention."[2]
At eleven notes the chord is one pitch shy of the
total chromatic
. Every note except E is sounded.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-520-02376-5.
- ISBN 9780810830141.