page_title: Mu chord
hierarchical_section_title: Mu chord
caption_attribution_description: English: Mu chord on C. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 20:37, 29 November 2010 using Sibelius 5. :Image:Mu chord on C.mid
context_page_description: A mu major chord or mu chord is a particular voicing of an add 2 or "add 9" chord. It is formed by adding a 2nd to a major triad. The voicing is associated with jazz-rock band Steely Dan.
  The mu major chord differs from a sus2 chord, as a sus2 chord does not contain a 3rd.
  "Inversions of the µ major may be formed in the usual manner with one caveat: the voicing of the second and third scale tones, which is the essence of the chord's appeal, should always occur as a whole tone dissonance." When the chord is voiced with the 3rd in the bass, the presence of two stacked fourths in the upper register, between the second and the fifth, and the fifth and the root, gives the chord a quartal harmony flavour. The chord can also be voiced with the 9th in the bass, although such voicings are generally known as slash chords. It is suggested that the chord was conceived on or for use on keyboards.
  Mu chords, or portions thereof, may be used in chord substitution by replacing the major triad found in voicings of other chords. For example, an Am7 chord can be voiced as a C major triad with an A in the bass. A C mu major chord can be voiced as a DEG triad with a C in the bass.
context_section_description: A mu major chord or mu chord (signified by μ) is a particular voicing of an add 2 or "add 9" chord. It is formed by adding a 2nd to a major triad. The voicing is associated with jazz-rock band Steely Dan.
  The mu major chord differs from a sus2 chord, as a sus2 chord does not contain a 3rd. 
  "Inversions of the µ major may be formed in the usual manner with one caveat: the voicing of the second and third scale tones, which is the essence of the chord's appeal, should always occur as a whole tone dissonance." When the chord is voiced with the 3rd in the bass, the presence of two stacked fourths in the upper register, between the second and the fifth, and the fifth and the root, gives the chord a quartal harmony flavour. The chord can also be voiced with the 9th (2nd) in the bass, although such voicings are generally known as slash chords. It is suggested that the chord was conceived on or for use on keyboards.
  Mu chords, or portions thereof, may be used in chord substitution by replacing the major triad found in voicings of other chords. For example, an Am7 chord can be voiced as a C major triad (CEG) with an A in the bass. A C mu major chord can be voiced as a DEG triad with a C in the bass. Taking the upper portion (DEG) of the C mu chord and substituting this in place of the C triad in the original Am7 chord would give an A7sus4 chord: DEG with A in the bass.
caption: Cadd9 chord and two different voicings of the Mu chord on C: left, About this soundmiddle (help·info),[1] About this soundright (help·info).[2] Notice the major second between the second and the third in all instances.     Mu chord on C  3 Voicings, each one first simultaneously then arpeggiated.
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