Petrushka chord (F♯7♭9♯11): guitar chord

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FamousPetrushka chordPetrushka, 1911 · Igor Stravinsky

Two chords at once: C major over F♯ major

Second tableau (Petrushka's room): the clarinets play C major and F♯ major arpeggios at the same time as the scene opens, and the piano takes up the two triads (white keys against black keys) during the tableau. The pairing returns through the ballet.

Two major chords a tritone apart, C major and F♯ major, played at once. In Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka it stands for the puppet himself, first as clashing clarinet arpeggios when he is thrown into his room, then on the piano. One triad sits on the white keys and the other on the black keys, so it is easy to play but sounds as if two keys are fighting.

Also called Petrouchka chord, C major over F♯ major

Sources: Petrushka chord (Wikipedia) · Steven Ledbetter, program note on Petrushka (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

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What’s in it

R F♯3 A♯5 C♯♭7 E♭9 G♯11 B♯

About this shape

Lowest note: F♯2, the root
Highest note: G4, the ♭9th
Stretch: 2 frets
Fingers: 4 fingers, index barre

Where it sits on the neck

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Petrushka chord (F♯7♭9♯11): guitar chord

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