Variantklang – Definition in music

Definition of the German term Variantklang in music:

parallel chord (chord that shares the same root note as another chord but has a different quality, either major or minor)

Language

German

Singular

Variantklang

Plural

Variantklänge

Variant

Variant-Klang

Synonym

German musical terms related to Variantklang:

Akkord – chord
Dreiklang – triad (three-note chord)
Durakkord – major chord
Klang – sound...
Mollakkord – minor chord
Molldreiklang – minor triad
Nebenakkord – secondary chord
Nonenakkord – ninth chord
Schlussakkord – final chord
Sekundakkord – four-two chord (third inversion of the seventh cho...
Septimenakkord – seventh chord
Sextakkord – sixth chord
Stammakkord – fundamental chord (chord in root position)
Terzquartakkord – the second inversion of a seventh chord
Terzquartsextakkord – the second inversion of a seventh chord
Terzquintsextakkord – the first inversion of a seventh chord
Undecimenakkord – eleventh chord
Vierklang – tetrad (four-note chord)