The 16 most stable triads of 22edo

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Triads represent inversional equivalence classes and are written in normal form, with a root of zero. The second and third numbers in the triple represent the lower and outer intervals in degrees of 22-TET respectively. Triads are written in the inversion for which the outer interval is the smallest, and, in the case that two inversion have the same sized outer interval, that the lower interval is the smallest.

The 16 most stable triads of 22-TET, from an empirical experiment, notated in Ups and Downs

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Rank Triad Name Size in cents Ratios approximated
1 [0,7,13] Classic major triad 382-709 5/4, 6/5, 4/3, 4:5:6
2 [0,4,13] Suspended triad 491-709 4/3, 8/7, 4/3, 6:8:9
3 [0,8,13] Supermajor triad 436-709 9/7, 7/6, 4/3, 14:18:21
4 [0,6,13] Classic minor triad 327-709 6/5, 5/4, 4/3, 10:12:15
5 [0,5,9] Subminor seventh (no third) 709-982 3/2, 7/6, 8/7, 4:6:7
6 [0,4,9] Subminor seventh (no fifth) 273-982 7/6, 3/2, 8/7, 12:14:21
7 [0,2,9] Classic major seventh (no fifth) 382-1082 5/4, 3/2, 15/14, 8:10:15
8 [0,7,12] "Squished" major triad 382-655 5/4, 7/6, 11/8, 24:30:35
9 [0,6,11] Harmonic diminished triad 327-600 6/5, 7/6, 7/5, 5:6:7
10 [0,4,11] Harmonic dominant seventh (no fifth) 382-982 5/4, 7/5, 8/7, 4:5:7
11 [0,4,7] Classic major add 9 (no fifth) 218-382 8/7, 10/9, 8/5, 8:9:10
12 [0,5,13] Subminor triad 273-709 7/6, 9/7, 4/3, 6:7:9
13 [0,7,11] Classic major flat 5 382-600 5/4, 8/7, 7/5, 12:15:17
14 [0,7,14] Classic augmented triad 382-765 5/4, 5/4, 9/7, 16:20:25
15 [0,3,9] Classic minor seventh (no fifth) 327-1036 6/5, 3/2, 10/9, 5:6:9
16 [0,7,9] Classic major seventh (no third) 709-1082 3/2, 5/4, 15/14, 8:12:15