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The '''fourth complement''' of a given [[interval]] is its interval distance from the [[4/3|fourth (4/3)]]. It's very similar to the [[fifth complement]]. It seems to be very useful in regards to [[tetrachord]]s, and even in describing certain relationships in the [[functional harmony]] of Western Classical Music such as "parallels" in which notes in the same tetrachord located a third apart from each other share some aspects of their harmonic function.
The '''fourth complement''' of a given [[interval]] is its interval distance from the [[4/3|fourth (4/3)]]. It's very similar to the [[fifth complement]]. It seems to be very useful in regards to [[tetrachord]]s, and even in describing certain relationships in the [[Diatonic functional harmony|functional harmony]] of Western Classical Music such as "parallels" in which notes in the same tetrachord located a third apart from each other share some aspects of their harmonic function.


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