Ruminations on the Brian Eno A#$!-hole chord: Alternative Voicings

A conversation between musicians James Blake and Brian Eno triggered this episode on what the latter calls 'the arsehole chord'. This video discusses the chord structure: an incomplete extended chord in thirds, or, equivalently a form of tetrachord Pitch-Class Set
4-18. A voicing with an exposed open minor 9th interval yields a highly dissonant chord. Orchestration, timbre and register affect the perceived chord tension level. Alternatively close the minor 9th interval by inserting a new pitch-class and obtain extended chords in thirds, pentachord sets and two-layer polychords. These alternative voicing options are illustrated with short musical examples.

Companion document (text, diagrams and score fragments, PDF, 24 pp., A4) available on Patreon.

Contents:
00:00 Opening titles
00:28 Section 1 Introduction: what this video is about
01:22 Section 2 The Enochord characteristics, source material, G#o/G, exposed minor 9th
01:41 Section 2.1 Interpretation as incomplete extended chord or as tetrachord 4-18
04:46 Section 2.2 Orchestration and register, effect on dissonance level perception
07:28 Section 3 Alternatives with modified chord voicings, close the minor 9th interval gap
08:04 Section 3.1 Bass part octave doubling, variable density voicing, minor 2nd interval
09:25 Section 3.2 The dominant 7 chord S7b9, insert F, jazz idiom voicing
12:00 Section 3.3 Polychord voicing G|E, insert E, stacking two consonant intervals
13:53 Section 3.4 Polychord G|Abm, SLIDE Riemannian transformation
16:51 Section 3.5 Polychord G|Ab, insert two pitches, add modal scales
19:14 Summary and conclusion

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Article Music Radar: James Blake reminds Brian Eno that he once accused him of using ‘the arsehole chord’ and demands to know what it actually is. (September 2023)
https://www.musicradar.com/news/james...

YouTube movie: Talking Robots Into Heaven - A conversation between James Blake & Brian Eno (September 2023)
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