Dream chord

Dream chord
Component intervals fromroot
	fifth
	augmented fourth
	fourth
	root
Tuning
	12:16:17:18
Forte no./Complement
	4-6 /8-6

Thedream chordis achordthat is used prominently in the works ofLa Monte Young.It is made up of the pitches G-C-C♯-D.^[2]^[3]The chord is prominently featured in Young's compositionsfor Brass(1957),Trio for Strings(1958), andThe Four Dreams of China(1962).^[4]

Young started working with long sounds in 1957 (in the octet for Brass) but his interest in them dates from much earlier. He remembers the sound of the wind in the chinks of the Idaho log cabin in which he was born in 1935. In his childhood he was fascinated by continuous environmental sounds, particularly those of motors, power plants and telephone poles. The 'dream chord' on which some of his pieces are based is the chord he used to hear in the telephone poles.^[2]^[5]

The chord was used in Young'sTheatre of Eternal Musicand also byCatherine Christer Hennix,among others.

References

^Grimshaw, Jeremy (2011).Draw A Straight Line and Follow It: The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young,p.176.ISBN 978-0-19-991218-6.B-E-F-F♯.
^^a ^bPotter, Keith (2002).Four musical minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass.Cambridge University Press. pp. 30–33.ISBN 9780521015011.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.
^Alliance canadienne des télécommunications de l'entreprise (1977).Contact.The Alliance. p. 4.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.
^Strickland, Edward (2000).Minimalism--origins.Indiana University Press. pp.154–155.ISBN 9780253213884.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.
^Kostelanetz, Richard (1968).The theatre of mixed means: an introduction to happenings, kinetic environments, and other mixed-means performances.Dial Press. p. 206.ISBN 9780932360281.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.

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[1] Grimshaw, Jeremy (2011).Draw A Straight Line and Follow It: The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young,p.176.ISBN 978-0-19-991218-6.B-E-F-F♯.

[Potter-2] Potter, Keith (2002).Four musical minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass.Cambridge University Press. pp. 30–33.ISBN 9780521015011.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.

[3] Alliance canadienne des télécommunications de l'entreprise (1977).Contact.The Alliance. p. 4.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.

[4] Strickland, Edward (2000).Minimalism--origins.Indiana University Press. pp.154–155.ISBN 9780253213884.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.

[5] Kostelanetz, Richard (1968).The theatre of mixed means: an introduction to happenings, kinetic environments, and other mixed-means performances.Dial Press. p. 206.ISBN 9780932360281.RetrievedOctober 5,2010.

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