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Although officially considered as part of the Barbershop vocabulary, the Major Seventh tetrad is officially recognized as a dissonance due to the "grinding" effect that occurs between the root and the seventh.
Although officially considered as part of the Barbershop vocabulary, the Major Seventh tetrad is officially recognized as a dissonance due to the "grinding" effect that occurs between the root and the seventh.


The seventh is almost always tuned as 15/8 above the root, though it is occasionally tempered to reduce grinding against the root.
The seventh is almost always tuned as 15/8 above the root, though it is occasionally tempered to reduce grinding.
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