German sixth chord: Difference between revisions
Streamline prose in meantone section; emphasize that the closeness to 7/4 is specifically in quarter-comma meantone, not “most meantones” in general (which would seem to imply 12edo and 19edo); link to chord pages for meantone alternatives (especially for infobox data); emphasize the connection between the duodene chord and the possible meantone interpretations. |
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simultaneously represents both [[72:90:108:125]] (with steps 5/4, 6/5, and [[125/108]]) and [[128:160:192:225]] (with steps 5/4, 6/5, and [[75/64]]). | simultaneously represents both [[72:90:108:125]] (with steps 5/4, 6/5, and [[125/108]]) and [[128:160:192:225]] (with steps 5/4, 6/5, and [[75/64]]). | ||
However, in the historically prevalent [[quarter-comma meantone]], the augmented seventh is tuned only a few cents shy of a just 7/4, so the meantone German sixth chord can be considered to approximate the ''harmonic seventh chord'' as in [[septimal meantone]]: | However, in the historically prevalent [[quarter-comma meantone]], the augmented seventh is tuned only a few cents shy of a just [[7/4]], so the meantone German sixth chord can be considered to approximate the ''harmonic seventh chord'' as in [[septimal meantone]]: | ||
* (Meantone) 1 – 5/4 – 3/2 – 7/4 | * (Meantone) 1 – 5/4 – 3/2 – 7/4 | ||