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'''4/1'''
{{Infobox Interval
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| Name = 4th harmonic, double octave, perfect fifteenth, tetrave, quadruple
| Color name = wa 15th
| Sound = jid_4_1_pluck_adu_dr110.mp3
}}
{{Wikipedia| Fifteenth }}


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'''4/1''', the '''4th harmonic''', '''double octave''', '''perfect fifteenth''', '''tetrave''' or '''quadruple''', is the [[harmonic]] past [[3/1]] and before [[5/1]]. It is the first composite harmonic, equal to a stack of two [[octave]]s: ([[2/1]])<sup>2</sup>.


[[File:jid_4_1_pluck_adu_dr110.mp3]] [[:File:jid_4_1_pluck_adu_dr110.mp3|sound sample]]
It can act as the [[interval of equivalence]] in temperaments that omit every other octave, such as [[meansquared]].


The 4th harmonic; two octaves ([[2/1|2/1]] * 2/1).
== See also ==
* [[Ed4]] – equal divisions of the 4th harmonic
 
[[Category:Taxicab-2 intervals]]
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