From a discussion on twitter
Scott Schumann
@shoemaker703
In my 20th-century analysis class today we looked at this moment in Holst’s “Uranus” from the Planets Suite. I think we decided to officially declare major triads w/ sharp 4 the “marching band chord,” since it’s used in almost every marching band/drum corps show
I see this as Holst playing the D# as an 11:8 over the following chord in A major.
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Machine8 – excerpt from Uranus – Gustav Holst Planets
