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A '''delta-rational''' ('''DR''') chord is a [[chord]] that has integer ratios between frequency ''differences'' of some pair of dyads, called '''deltas''', with the dyads in question assumed to be between successive notes (Δ, capital delta, is often used to denote "difference").

A '''delta-rational''' ('''DR''') chord is a [[chord]] that has integer ratios between frequency ''differences'' of some pair of dyads, called '''deltas''', with the dyads in question assumed to be between successive notes (Δ, capital delta, is often used to denote "difference"). Here ''dyad'' refers not to a [[Dyad|chord of two pitch classes]], but to an interval between two notes.

DR chords generalize JI chords, in which all frequency differences of dyads are exactly integer ratios. But unlike JI chords, a DR chord need not have integer ratios between frequencies of notes. For example, the [[13edo]] chord {{dash|0, 3, 8, 10|med}}\13 ({{dash|0¢, 277¢, 738¢, 923¢|med}}) is close to being delta-rational, because the frequency difference of the dyad 8–10\13 is 0.994 times the frequency difference of the dyad 0–3\13. (In the exactly DR chord {{dash|0\13, 3\13, 8\13, 924.159¢|med}}, the 3rd and 4th notes have exactly the same frequency difference as the dyad 0–3\13.)

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	A '''delta-rational''' ('''DR''') chord is a [[chord]] that has integer ratios between frequency ''differences'' of some pair of dyads, called '''deltas''', with the dyads in question assumed to be between successive notes (Δ, capital delta, is often used to denote "difference").		A '''delta-rational''' ('''DR''') chord is a [[chord]] that has integer ratios between frequency ''differences'' of some pair of dyads, called '''deltas''', with the dyads in question assumed to be between successive notes (Δ, capital delta, is often used to denote "difference"). Here ''dyad'' refers not to a [[Dyad\|chord of two pitch classes]], but to an interval between two notes.

	DR chords generalize JI chords, in which all frequency differences of dyads are exactly integer ratios. But unlike JI chords, a DR chord need not have integer ratios between frequencies of notes. For example, the [[13edo]] chord {{dash\|0, 3, 8, 10\|med}}\13 ({{dash\|0¢, 277¢, 738¢, 923¢\|med}}) is close to being delta-rational, because the frequency difference of the dyad 8–10\13 is 0.994 times the frequency difference of the dyad 0–3\13. (In the exactly DR chord {{dash\|0\13, 3\13, 8\13, 924.159¢\|med}}, the 3rd and 4th notes have exactly the same frequency difference as the dyad 0–3\13.)		DR chords generalize JI chords, in which all frequency differences of dyads are exactly integer ratios. But unlike JI chords, a DR chord need not have integer ratios between frequencies of notes. For example, the [[13edo]] chord {{dash\|0, 3, 8, 10\|med}}\13 ({{dash\|0¢, 277¢, 738¢, 923¢\|med}}) is close to being delta-rational, because the frequency difference of the dyad 8–10\13 is 0.994 times the frequency difference of the dyad 0–3\13. (In the exactly DR chord {{dash\|0\13, 3\13, 8\13, 924.159¢\|med}}, the 3rd and 4th notes have exactly the same frequency difference as the dyad 0–3\13.)