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In music and music theory, a bichord or polychord consists of two or more chord, one on top of the other. The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or polytonality. Harmonic parallelism may suggest bichords. Examples may be found in Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, p.15, and Rite of Spring, "Dance of the Adolescents" (1921) (DeLone et al. 1975, p.336). They may also be found in the song "Point of No Return" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, including chords such as Fm over... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by arielb Jun 28, 2008

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