In music , klang (also "clang") is a term sometimes used to translate the German Klang , a highly polysemic word. Technically, the term denotes any periodic sound, especially as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones). In the German lay usage, it may mean "sound" or "tone" (as synonymous to Ton ), "musical tone" (as opposed to noise), "note", or "timbre"; a chord of three notes is called a Dreiklang , etc.
23-624: [REDACTED] Look up klang in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Klang ( / ˈ k l æ ŋ / ; German: [klaŋ] ) may refer to: Music [ edit ] Klang (music) , a concept in Riemannian and Schenkerian theories based on the German word Klang , meaning 'resonance' or 'sound Klang (Stockhausen) (2004–2007), cycle of compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen Klang (album) ,
46-653: A conceptual abbreviation of Nature. And further: Any attempt to derive even as much as the first foundation of this [minor] system, i.e., the minor triad itself, from Nature, i.e., from the overtone series, would be more than futile." According to Nicholas Cook , the theory of the chord of nature is a striking manifestation of the recurrent strive, "to understand music as an ultimately physical phenomenon". The theory appears to first have developed in French theory, culminating in Catel's Traité d'harmonie of 1802. Catel writes: There
69-636: A fundamental, conceptually anterior, constituent pitch – such as radix , son fondamental , Grundton , Hauptton – that exerts unity on the collection by means of an array of intervallic relationships sanctioned by Nature. Klang , he adds, is technically the German word for 'resonance' or 'sound,' although in this context [of Hauptmann's Harmonik und Metrik ] it refers specifically to the ontological entities of major and minor triads, whether generated acoustically or logically. Klang , therefore, should in most cases better be understood as "the fundamental sound", possibly "the sound of nature". Riemann defines
92-481: A hint, a counsel forever mute, whose perception and interpretation were fraught with the gravest difficulties. […] This hint, then, was dropped by Nature in the form of the so-called 'overtone series.' This much-discussed phenomenon, which constitutes Nature's only source for music to draw upon, is much more familiar to the instinct of the artist than to his consciousness. […] I would recommend, however, that we conceive any so called ‘major triad' much more significantly, as
115-445: A natural "model" to be imitated in art, as Schenker does, is not at all the same thing as viewing as model a chord built of several notes above the same root. The Klang , defined by Riemann as a compound sound (i.e. a note with its overtones), and the "chord of nature", defined by Schenker as a model needing "condensation" for the artistic usage are but abstract concepts. Ban Klang, San Pa Tong Ban Klang ( Thai : บ้านกลาง )
138-569: A translation of the German Klang ("sound"), e.g. in the English translation of Riemann's Vereinfachte Harmonielehre . Among the few usages found in scholarly literature to denote the 'chord of nature', one may quote Ruth Solie, who speaks of "the major triad or Naturklang as found in the overtone series", or Benjamin Ayotte, who refers to an article by Oswald Jonas in 1937 which apparently makes use of
161-502: Is a tambon (subdistrict) of San Pa Tong District , in Chiang Mai Province , Thailand . In 2014, it had a population of 9,676 people. The tambon is divided into 11 administrative villages ( muban ). The area of the subdistrict is shared by two local governments: 18°32′40″N 98°53′20″E / 18.5444°N 98.8889°E / 18.5444; 98.8889 This Chiang Mai province location article
184-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Klang (music) Klang has been used among others by Hugo Riemann and by Heinrich Schenker. In translations of their writings, it has erroneously been rendered as " chord " and more specifically as "chord of nature". The idea of the chord of nature connects with earlier ideas that can be found especially in French music theory. Both Hugo Riemann and Heinrich Schenker implicitly or explicitly refer to
207-400: Is in harmony one chord which is the foundation of all others; this chord is formed from the produce of the sonorous body, or primitive divisions of the monochord. Supposing the sound given by the vibration of a whole string when distended, to be G, half of the string when set in vibration will give another sound G, but at the octave of the first. [Etc.: the overtones are described from the 1st to
230-618: The Klang as "a compound sound": The ear comprehends a tone with its direct relatives (third and fifth or their octaves) [...] as forming one compound sound, which we will call a CLANG. He adds that a clang may be either principal clang – in which case it is called TONIC – or derived clang [etc.]. And Schenker, although he recognizes that "the Klang as it exists in Nature is a triad", nevertheless stresses that Nature's help to music consisted of nothing but
253-439: The 23d.] By beginning the progression from the fourth of the string, or from the double octave of the 1st sound, we shall find in progression of thirds the chord G, B, D, F, A. Should the experiment be began at the triple octave, that is the 8th part of the string, and the intermediary sounds be left out, the chord G, B, D, F, A ♭ , will be produced. […] All the chords used in natural Harmony are contained in this chord and in
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#1732844139323276-638: The Band 4 contestant Gary Klang (born 1941), Haitian-Canadian poet and novelist Klaus Klang (born 1959), musician from Brussels, Belgium Other uses [ edit ] Clanging , a psychological phenomenon Klang Beer , a Cambodian beer Klang , a Pokémon Nordischer Klang , the largest festival of Nordic culture in Germany Rojak Klang We Are Klang , a comedy sketch group See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Klang Topics referred to by
299-921: The Dewan Rakyat (1974–86) Pelabuhan Klang (state constituency) , represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (1995–present) Klang War , series of conflicts in the Malay state of Selangor France [ edit ] Klang, Moselle , a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in northeastern France Thailand [ edit ] Ban Klang: Ban Klang, San Pa Tong or Ban Klang, Wang Thong San Klang: San Klang, San Kamphaeng or San Klang, San Pa Tong Na Klang District Klang Plaza People [ edit ] Donnie Klang (born 1985), singer from New York City and Making
322-641: The Selangor State Legislative Assembly (1974–86; 1995–2004) New Klang Valley Expressway Klang Parade North Klang Straits Bypass Klang Komuter station Jalan Klang Lama Klang Sentral Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Klang–Banting Highway South Klang Valley Expressway New North Klang Straits Bypass Genting Klang–Pahang Highway Klang Gates Dam Klang High School Gurdwara Sahib Klang Bandar Bukit Tinggi Pandamaran Bandar Baru Klang Port Klang Port Klang Line Port Klang Komuter station Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency) , represented in
345-516: The ages and the countries. This statement has been one source of Jacques Chailley 's evolutionary theory, describing music history as the progressive understanding and usage of higher overtones. The theory of the Chord of Nature was fashionable in the early 20th century. It figures prominently, for instance, in Schönberg's Harmonielehre : A Klang is composed of a series of tones sounding simultaneously,
368-413: The fifth (or sixth) could not be heard and that no dissonance could ever be justified by the harmonic series. Maurice Emmanuel wrote The musical language, in its foundations, is given by nature: it would seem that it should be universal and spoken in the same way by all people. If this is not so, it is due to the fact that its natural elements are more or less completely understood and used, according to
391-606: The foregoing. […] The other Chords introduced in Harmony are formed by the prolongation of one or several notes of a chord into the following; they go by the name of Artificial Harmony. This became a dogma of the Paris Conservatoire : all chords that can be found in the major or minor dominant 9th are "natural", all others are "artificial". The "chord of nature" is here considered dissonant. Some theorists (including Schenker or Maurice Emmanuel ) considered that overtones higher than
414-404: The overtones; it therefore figures a chord. The quotations above have shown the ambiguity of the word "klang", often taken to mean a "chord" but better understood as a complex or compound sound. The theory of the chord of nature does not resist examination because a chord by definition consists of several notes, each with its own overtone series. To view the overtones of a given fundamental note as
437-525: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Klang . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klang&oldid=1241373759 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Pages with German IPA Short description
460-564: The state of Selangor and territory of Kuala Lumpur into the strait of Malacca Klang Valley , district in Selangor surrounding Klang river Klang (city) , the royal capital of the state of Selangor Klang (federal constituency) , represented in the Dewan Rakyat Klang District , a district that contains the city of Klang, but does not administer it Ulu Klang Bandar Klang (state constituency) , formerly represented in
483-554: The term. The confusion by which the term has been used to denote a chord (instead of a complex sound) probably arises with Rameau 's theory of Résonance . Rameau had misunderstood Joseph Sauveur 's experiments, intended to demonstrate the existence of overtones, and believed that the harmonic partials arose from a resonance within the fundamental note, to which he gave the name corps sonore , often translated as Klang in German. As Henry Klumpenhouwer writes, Almost all tonal theorists have proposed that triadic structure arises from
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#1732844139323506-401: The theory of the chord of nature (which they recognize as a triad , a Dreiklang ), but both reject the theory as a foundation of music because it fails to explain the minor triad . The theory of the chord of nature goes back to the discovery and the description of the harmonic partials (harmonic overtones ) in the 17th century. The word "klang" (or "clang") has often been used in English as
529-413: The third studio album by The Rakes Kling Klang Studio , the private music studio of the band Kraftwerk Klang Box , a special-edition boxed set compilation of music by Kraftwerk Der ferne Klang , opera by Franz Schreker Klang, a band formed by Donna Matthews after the breakup of Elastica Places [ edit ] Malaysia [ edit ] Klang River , river that flows through
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