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Tonally Matrimony

People actually get married to this chord. At least in the Anglosphere they do. It’s from Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March.” After a monotonal ceremony of gifts, vows, and proclamation, this dissonant chord kicks in on pipe organ. It’s an A minor 6th, which has the satanic interval between the F# and C known as a tritone. […]