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'''4:5:6''' is the otonal [[major triad]], also known as the '''classical''' '''major triad''', '''Ptolemaic major triad''', or more generally - albeit less precisely - as the '''just major triad'''. It is among the most consonant triads, and it is among the most common triads in music.
'''4:5:6''' is the otonal [[major triad]], also known as the '''classical''' '''major triad''', '''Ptolemaic major triad''', or more generally - albeit less precisely - as the '''just major triad'''. It is among the most consonant triads, and it is among the most common triads in music.  


Its most consonant rotation, 3:4:5, is not typically considered to be consonant, at least in more classical tonal music, where the fourth above the root is considered a dissonance. Acoustically speaking however, 3:4:5 has the least [[harmonic entropy]].  
In counterpoint and some derived theories (but not necessarily modern pop or xenharmonic theory), its most concordant rotation, 3:4:5, is not typically considered to be consonant, as the fourth above the root is considered a dissonance (due to the fifth-centric nature of counterpoint).  


== Rotations around the octave ==
== Rotations around the octave ==