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clarify meantone vs. septimal meantone in chord summaries
 
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However, in the historically prevalent [[quarter-comma meantone]], the augmented sixth is tuned only a few cents shy of a just [[7/4]], so the meantone German sixth chord can be considered to approximate the ''harmonic seventh chord'' as in [[septimal meantone]]:
However, in the historically prevalent [[quarter-comma meantone]], the augmented sixth is tuned only a few cents shy of a just [[7/4]], so the meantone German sixth chord can be considered to approximate the ''harmonic seventh chord'' as in [[septimal meantone]]:


* (Meantone) 1 – 5/4 – 3/2 – 7/4
* (Septimal meantone) 1 – 5/4 – 3/2 – 7/4


representing [[4:5:6:7]] (with steps 5/4, 6/5, and 7/6).
representing [[4:5:6:7]] (with steps 5/4, 6/5, and 7/6).