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For N = 15, the factors are 1, 3, 5 and 15, and the ambitonal chords are {1, 3, 5, 15}, {1, 3, 15} and {1, 5, 15}. These [[octave-reduce]] to {1/1, 3/2, 5/4, 15/8} = maj7 chord, {1/1, 3/2, 15/8} = maj7no3 chord, and {1/1, 5/4, 15/8} = maj7no5 chord.

For N = 45, the factors are 1, 3, 5, 9, 15 and 45. One ambitonal chord is {1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45}, which octave-reduces to {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 9/4, 45/16} = 16:20:24:30:36:45 = maj9(#11) chord. Any note or notes can be dropped except the root and the 11th, and the chord will still be ambitonal. The only other chord is {3, 5, 9, 15} = {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 5/3} = maj6 chord, or its homonym the min7 chord. {3, 9, 15} is not ambitonal because the GCD isn't 1. {3, 5, 15} is not ambitonal because the LCM isn't 45.

For N = 45, the factors are 1, 3, 5, 9, 15 and 45. One ambitonal chord is {1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45}, which octave-reduces to {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 9/4, 45/16} = 16:20:24:30:36:45 = maj9(#11) chord. Any note or notes can be dropped except the root and the 11th, and the chord will still be ambitonal. The only other chord is {3, 5, 9, 15} = {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 5/3} = maj6 chord, or its [[Chord homonym|homonym]] the min7 chord. {3, 9, 15} is not ambitonal because the GCD isn't 1. {3, 5, 15} is not ambitonal because the LCM isn't 45.

== Scales ==

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 For N = 15, the factors are 1, 3, 5 and 15, and the ambitonal chords are {1, 3, 5, 15}, {1, 3, 15} and {1, 5, 15}. These [[octave-reduce]] to {1/1, 3/2, 5/4, 15/8} = maj7 chord, {1/1, 3/2, 15/8} = maj7no3 chord, and {1/1, 5/4, 15/8} = maj7no5 chord.
-For N = 45, the factors are 1, 3, 5, 9, 15 and 45. One ambitonal chord is {1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45}, which octave-reduces to {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 9/4, 45/16} = 16:20:24:30:36:45 = maj9(#11) chord. Any note or notes can be dropped except the root and the 11th, and the chord will still be ambitonal. The only other chord is {3, 5, 9, 15} = {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 5/3} = maj6 chord, or its homonym the min7 chord. {3, 9, 15} is not ambitonal because the GCD isn't 1. {3, 5, 15} is not ambitonal because the LCM isn't 45.
+For N = 45, the factors are 1, 3, 5, 9, 15 and 45. One ambitonal chord is {1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45}, which octave-reduces to {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 15/8, 9/4, 45/16} = 16:20:24:30:36:45 = maj9(#11) chord. Any note or notes can be dropped except the root and the 11th, and the chord will still be ambitonal. The only other chord is {3, 5, 9, 15} = {1/1, 5/4, 3/2, 5/3} = maj6 chord, or its [[Chord homonym|homonym]] the min7 chord. {3, 9, 15} is not ambitonal because the GCD isn't 1. {3, 5, 15} is not ambitonal because the LCM isn't 45.
 == Scales ==