Ainismic chords

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An ainic chord is an essentially tempered dyadic chord tempered by 936/935, the ainos comma. So far, fourteen ainic triads are known, however, other triads as well as tetrads, pentads and so forth are likely to exist.

The known ainic triads are:

  • 1-17/16-13/11 with steps 17/16-10/9-22/13, and its inversions
  • 1-10/9-13/11 with steps 10/9-17/16-22/13, and its inversions
  • 1-18/17-5/4 with steps 18/17-13/11-8/5, and its inversions
  • 1-13/11-5/4 with steps 13/11-18/17-8/5, and its inversions
  • 1-13/11-17/12 with steps 13/11-6/5-24/17, and its inversions
  • 1-6/5-17/12 with steps 6/5-13/11-24/17, and its inversions
  • 1-11/9-24/17 with steps 11/9-15/13-17/12, and its inversions
  • 1-15/13-24/17 with steps 15/13-11/9-17/12, and its inversions
  • 1-6/5-17/13 with steps 6/5-12/11-26/17 and its inversions
  • 1-12/11-17/13 with steps 12/11-6/5-26/17 and its inversions
  • 1-5/4-26/17 with steps 5/4-11/9-17/13, and its inversions; dubbed the "ainic major triad"
  • 1-11/9-26/17 with steps 11/9-5/4-17/13, and its inversions; dubbed the "ainic neutral triad"
  • 1-11/8-26/17 with steps 11/8-10/9-17/13, and its inversions; dubbed the "ainic suspended demisharp four chord"
  • 1-10/9-26/17 with steps 10/9-11/8-17/13, and its inversions; dubbed the "ainic suspended two chord"