Inmusic amixed-interval chord is achord not characterized by one consistentinterval. Chords characterized by one consistent interval, or primarily but with alterations, areequal-interval chords. Mixed interval chords "lend themselves particularly" toatonal music since they tend to bedissonant.[2]
Equal-interval chords are often of indeterminateroot and mixed-interval chords are also often best characterized by their interval content.[2] "Equal-interval chords are often altered to make them 'impure' as in the case ofquartal and quintal chords withtritones, chords based on seconds with varying intervals between the seconds."[2]
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