Italian sixth chord: Difference between revisions
Created page with "{{Wikipedia|Augmented sixth chord #Italian sixth}} An '''Italian sixth chord''' is a triad comprising a root, major third, and augmented sixth. == In meantone == In 5-l..." |
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However, in the historically prevalent [[quarter-comma meantone]], the augmented sixth is tuned only a few cents shy of a just [[7/4]], so the meantone Italian sixth chord can be considered to approximate the [[septimal meantone]] chord: | However, in the historically prevalent [[quarter-comma meantone]], the augmented sixth is tuned only a few cents shy of a just [[7/4]], so the meantone Italian sixth chord can be considered to approximate the [[septimal meantone]] chord: | ||
* ( | * (Septimal meantone) 1 – 5/4 – 7/4 | ||
representing [[4:5:7]] (with steps 5/4 and 7/5). | representing [[4:5:7]] (with steps 5/4 and 7/5). | ||