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This page talks about odd terminology and interesting chords that exist in microtonal tunings. Specifically, chords which work as altered versions of 12 EDO chords.

== Suspended ~~Seven Chord~~ ==

== Minor seventh half-flat 5 chord ==

The minor seven half-flat 5 chord is a version of the standard m7b5 chord that exists in edos such as 24 and 31. In 24edo, it has a formula of 1-b3-d5-b7, or edosteps 0-6-13-20. In 31edo, the edosteps are 0-8-17-26. This chord is reminiscent of mavila temperament’s “minor 7th” chord, because the 5th is flat.

== Suspended seven chord ==

Anybody familiar with 12 ET pop music has heard of suspended chords which come in either sus4 or sus2 variety. In this sense, both chords form a suspension which originally meant to resolve to the third in the chord. Some xen musicians consider 11/6 to be a new sort of suspended, neutral like sound which can work too as a suspension resolving to either the octave or the major/minor seventh of a chord. Thus, a chord of 6:9:11 can be considered a sus7 chord. Unlike its close neighbors, 11/6 has a floaty like sound which works perfectly for that light sound people want in modern music yet is xen enough to feel fresh. While it throws a new quality and color in the chord compared to sus4 or sus2, sus7 chords generally have a somewhat reminiscent quality of suspended chords.

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 This page talks about odd terminology and interesting chords that exist in microtonal tunings. Specifically, chords which work as altered versions of 12 EDO chords.
-== Suspended Seven Chord ==
+== Minor seventh half-flat 5 chord ==
+The minor seven half-flat 5 chord is a version of the standard m7b5 chord that exists in edos such as 24 and 31. In 24edo, it has a formula of 1-b3-d5-b7, or edosteps 0-6-13-20. In 31edo, the edosteps are 0-8-17-26. This chord is reminiscent of mavila temperament’s “minor 7th” chord, because the 5th is flat.
+== Suspended seven chord ==
 Anybody familiar with 12 ET pop music has heard of suspended chords which come in either sus4 or sus2 variety. In this sense, both chords form a suspension which originally meant to resolve to the third in the chord. Some xen musicians consider 11/6 to be a new sort of suspended, neutral like sound which can work too as a suspension resolving to either the octave or the major/minor seventh of a chord. Thus, a chord of 6:9:11 can be considered a sus7 chord. Unlike its close neighbors, 11/6 has a floaty like sound which works perfectly for that light sound people want in modern music yet is xen enough to feel fresh. While it throws a new quality and color in the chord compared to sus4 or sus2, sus7 chords generally have a somewhat reminiscent quality of suspended chords.