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'''4/3''' is the [[frequency ratio]] of the just perfect fourth. Its inversion is the perfect fifth, [[3/2]]. In the [[Wikipedia: Medieval music #Early polyphony: organum|florid organum]] of Medieval music, 4/3 was reliably considered a consonance, and indeed was frequently emphasized.  Once major thirds with a tuning approximating [[5/4]] began to be treated as consonances, however, the perception of 4/3 was altered to where it was at times considered a dissonance.
'''4/3''' is the [[frequency ratio]] of the '''just perfect fourth'''. Its inversion is the perfect fifth, [[3/2]]. In the [[Wikipedia: Medieval music #Early polyphony: organum|florid organum]] of Medieval music, 4/3 was reliably considered a consonance, and indeed was frequently emphasized.  Once major thirds with a tuning approximating [[5/4]] began to be treated as consonances, however, the perception of 4/3 was altered to where it was at times considered a dissonance.


The 4/3 interval is easily heavily discussed outside of xenharmony, as the [[Wikipedia: Perfect fourth|corresponding Wikipedia article]] makes abundantly clear.  In fact, some of the usages discussed there have gone on to inspire other music theories in xenharmonic contexts, and indeed continue to inform certain ideas about [[tetrachord]]s.
The 4/3 interval is easily heavily discussed outside of xenharmony, as the [[Wikipedia: Perfect fourth|corresponding Wikipedia article]] makes abundantly clear.  In fact, some of the usages discussed there have gone on to inspire other music theories in xenharmonic contexts, and indeed continue to inform certain ideas about [[tetrachord]]s.
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