Unequal Fifths

[walters]

What are Unequal Fifths?


A Diminished 5th preceded or followed by a perfect 5th in the same pair of voices


When do Unequal fifths occur mostly ?


Are Unequal Fifths bad or good?


Are Unequal Fifths best in the outer voices?

[andras]

dunno what "unequal" 5ths are, unless you mean b5 and #5.

you can put em anywhere.

altered 5ths sound dissonant in most contexts, unless youre using modes.
theyre also good for key modulations.

[oRg]

The Unequal fifths are going to sound very dissonant and are going to build a decent amount of tension. I would use them on a V chord and resolve to the I chord.

[powersofterror]

"Unequal fifths"...There's another oxymoron for the book...and I can't tell if that second line of yours is a comment or a question. Those last two sound more like rhetorical questions to me. However, I can answer the 3rd--because most dissonant-sounding-chords take place in the II, III, IV, V, and VII chords.