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Tetrachords: Minor (1 2 b3 4)
A traditional usage a tetrachord using any four-note segment of a scale or tone row including the perfect fourth (4).

Category: Chords Instrument: Chords Subjects(s): Intermediate • Scales • Improvisation • Advanced • Tetrachord • Minor

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Major (1 2 3 4) Minor (1 2 b3 4) Phrygian (1 b2 b3 4) Phrygian Major (1b2 3 4) Lydian (1 2 3 #4)
Tetrachords: Minor (1 2 b3 4)

The Minor tetrachord is the 1 2 b3 4 of an Aeolian (Natural Minor) scale.

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Traditionally, a tetrachord is a series of four tones filling in the interval of a perfect fourth. In modern usage a tetrachord is any four-note segment of a scale or tone row including the augmented fourth (+4). The term tetrachord derives from ancient Greek music theory, it literally means four strings.

Chords with a minor third in them can use a tetrachord with a minor third in them: Examples: Cm, Cm7, Cmin-maj7, Cm6

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