#picardy third

[juliamccartney]

i absolutely love that thing were a song/part of a song which is solidly in a minor key concludes with the *major* version of the i-chord in a place where you'd expect the minor-i

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

not me realizing that Les Huguenots ends with a PICARDY THIRD OF ALL THINGS

[howdoyouwoodwind]

Snape is a Picardy 3rd

[fiddler-sticks]

I hate Picardy thirds

[hollywoodproblems]

music question: is the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack a picardy third? like if you look at it as a whole, it's pretty much all minor except the very last chord Sally and Jack sing in the finale right? And it's done with such intention, I mean it has the intention behind it to fall in the picardy third category.... I'd like to declare Nightmare Before Christmas is a picardy third. pls discuss

[flute110]

Music Theory Professor-isms

-It’s like harmonic progressions on steroids.

-Generally, if you don’t end a piece with a Half Cadence, it sounds like you’re asking a question. It’s like saying ‘you want a hamburger with cheese??!’

-Music Majors should have an intravenous pole of caffeine that they walk around with all day to make it through their classes.

-It’s so gloomy outside today, so I had to end this harmonic progression with a Picardy Third. Also, that’s why I wore a lighter jacket.

-Prof: Okay let’s be real, which musicians are the most attention seeking? Class: Vocalists

[krstenevol]

Either learn how to use a picardy third or suffer the consequences.

[frustratedcomposer]

A music geek's reaction to the picardy third:

It's really not that funny or clever, but it rarely fails to illicit at least a dopey grin if not a half snort chuckle. The Picardy Third is the music theorists' dirty limerick. You guys are nerds.