Major seventh chord

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A major seventh chord is a tetrad comprising a root, major third, perfect fifth, and major seventh.

JI Tunings

In the 5-limit:

  • 8:10:12:15 is found on on the I (11) and IV (43) of Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale (Zarlino), perhaps the most common 5-limit diatonic.

In the 3-limit:

  • 128:162:192:243 spans five octave-reduced fifths, and may be considered a 3-limit approximation of 8:10:12:15.