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'''4:5:6''' is an otonal [[major triad]], known as the '''just major triad''', '''classical major triad''', or '''Ptolemaic major triad'''. It is the most consonant triad, and it is the most common triad in music. In close voicing root position, it is an [[Delta-rational chord #Isoharmonic chord|isoharmonic chord]]. | '''4:5:6''' is an otonal [[major triad]], known as the '''just major triad''', '''classical major triad''', or '''Ptolemaic major triad'''. It is the most consonant triad, and it is the most common triad in music. In close voicing root position, it is an [[Delta-rational chord #Isoharmonic chord|isoharmonic chord]]. It occurs as a major triad in the [[meantone]] diatonic scale, as the major third formed by stacking four [[3/2|perfect fifths]] octave reduced, [[81/64]], is equated with [[5/4]]. It serves as the fundamental major root chord in classical music. | ||
This chord is formed by stacking [[5/4]] and [[6/5]] in that order. Swapping the order of these intervals results in [[10:12:15]], the classical minor triad. The minor triad can also be obtained from 4:5:6 by flattening the third by [[25/24]], the diptolemaic chromatic semitone. | |||
== Audio of close voicings == | == Audio of close voicings == | ||