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The '''3rd harmonic''', '''tritave''', '''triple''', or '''perfect twelfth''' is the [[interval]] of [[frequency ratio]] '''3/1'''. It is perhaps the most [[consonant]] interval after the [[octave]], with frequency ratio 2/1. For this reason, it is used as an [[ | The '''3rd harmonic''', '''tritave''', '''triple''', or '''perfect twelfth''' is the [[interval]] of [[frequency ratio]] '''3/1'''. It is perhaps the most [[consonant]] interval after the [[octave]], with frequency ratio 2/1. For this reason, it is used as an [[interval of equivalence]] in some [[non-octave]] systems. | ||
It is the second [[prime harmonic]], after [[2/1]] and before [[5/1]]. | It is the second [[prime harmonic]], after [[2/1]] and before [[5/1]]. | ||