Kite's thoughts on harmonic and subharmonic nomenclature: Difference between revisions
Created page with "One can prefix any conventional theory term with the term ''harmonic'' or ''subharmonic'', and ideally it would refer to a specific JI interval, chord or scale. This is my (Kite's) attempt to systematically explore this. Often the resulting terms are rather useless, because it duplicates a much more widespread term. There's not much point in calling 3/2 a harmonic fifth when we can call it a perfect fifth! == Intervals == 7/4 is often called the harmonic 7th. 9/5 is not..." |
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Each subharmonic chord is the melodic inversion of the corresponding harmonic chord, and vice versa. | Each subharmonic chord is the melodic inversion of the corresponding harmonic chord, and vice versa. | ||
Arguably, 7:9:11 isn't an augmented chord, and the harmonic augmented chord should be 8:10:13 or 16:20:25. | |||
=== 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords === | === 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords === | ||