The Mystic Chord

Transported to the Present from Monday 18 June 2007.

Good day, my friends. Today we are going to learn about Alexander Scriabin's Mystic Chord. First of all, here are its notes:












If you are so able, I advise you, my friends, to go and play the Mystic Chord so that it might fully be appreciated. Do this with the greatest of care, though, as this is a powerful harmony, not to be taken lightly. Avoid any disrespectful expressions in the inevitable bliss that you shall undoubtedly experience upon hearing it for the first time. Treat the harmony with the utmost reverence. It is mystic, after all.

Interestingly, as your neighborhood Music Theorist might point out, the Mystic Chord contains all four types of triad: the major, the minor, the diminished, and the augmented. Could a listener desire a greater harmonic experience? I think not.

When you hear this harmony, keep an eye out for flashes of light. They are often reported when one experiences the ecstacy that comes with such sound. These apparently constitute the mystical experiences that go along with Scriabin's work. They are common both among the mentally unstable and occultists, though I do not advise becoming either. All the same, and I cannot stress this enough, be careful with the Mystic Chord, my friends. Simply imagine the power it could have held in the completed Mysterium!

I leave you now with a final note. Though I have played the Mystic Chord many times and nothing mystical has happened as a result, Scriabin was still thoroughly psychotic.