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Although officially considered as part of the Barbershop vocabulary, the Major Seventh tetrad is officially recognized as a dissonance due to the "grinding" effect that occurs between the root and the seventh. | Although officially considered as part of the Barbershop vocabulary, the Major Seventh tetrad is officially recognized as a dissonance due to the "grinding" effect that occurs between the root and the seventh. | ||
The seventh is almost always tuned as 15/8 above the root, though it is occasionally tempered to reduce grinding | The seventh is almost always tuned as 15/8 above the root, though it is occasionally tempered to reduce grinding. | ||
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|+Major Seventh Tunings | |+Major Seventh Tunings | ||