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| This tetrad is likely to decompose into a voicing variation on the corresponding triad if the same scale degree is used as a chord root multiple times in a row
| This tetrad is likely to decompose into a voicing variation on the corresponding triad if the same scale degree is used as a chord root multiple times in a row
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With the above scale steps and chords, this variation of Phrygian in 159edo actually presents unexpected possibilities compared to its more traditional counterpart.
==== Lydian ====
This mode is optimized for 5-limit using a variation on the right-handed Zarlino diatonic scale.
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|+ style="font-size: 105%; white-space: nowrap;" | Table of Ionian notes and intervals
|-
! Interval Name
! Notation (from D)
! Steps from Tonic
! Function
! Corresponding JI
|-
| Perfect Unison
| D
| 0
| Tonic
| [[1/1]]
|-
| Pythagorean Major Second
| E
| 27
| Supertonic (Bidominant)
| [[9/8]]
|-
| Ptolemaic Major Third
| F#↓
| 51
| Mesodistomediant
| [[5/4]]
|-
| Perfect Fourth
| G#↓
| 78
| Antitonic (Sycophant)
| [[45/32]]
|-
| Perfect Fifth
| A
| 93
| Dominant
| [[3/2]]
|-
| Pythagorean Major Sixth
| B
| 120
| Proximocontramediant (Tridominant)
| [[27/16]]
|-
| Ptolemaic Major Seventh
| C#↓
| 144
| Distosubcollocant
| [[15/8]]
|-
| Perfect Octave
| D
| 159
| Tonic
| [[2/1]]
|}
As a consequence of this particular scale structure, you have the following basic chords...