10:12:15:18

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Chord information
Harmonics 10:12:15:18
Subharmonics 1/(18:15:12:10)
Intervals from root 1/16/53/29/5
Cents from root 316¢702¢1018¢
Step intervals 6/5, 5/4, 6/5
Step cents 316¢, 386¢, 316¢
Color name gu-7 or g7
Prime limit 5
Genus 325 (45)
Intervallic odd limit 9
Otonal odd limit 15
Utonal odd limit 15
Consistent edos (d ≥ 2) 12edo*, 19edo**, 34edo*, 38edo*, …

10:12:15:18, the just, classical, or ptolemaic minor seventh chord, is a minor seventh chord. It is an anomalous saturated suspension in the 9-odd-limit. It is found on the iii (5/4) and vi (5/3) of Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale (Zarlino), perhaps the most common 5-limit diatonic.

Todo: expand, add sound example


Edo approximations for 10:12:15:18 
intervals: 6/5, 3/2, 9/5 · ≤ 60edo, RMS rel. error ≤ 15%
  Edo Steps Cents (¢) Absolute errors (¢) RMS (¢) RMS (%)
7 0  2  4  6 0.00 342.86 685.71 1028.57 0.00 +27.22 -16.24 +10.98 15.85 9.24
12 0  3  7 10 0.00 300.00 700.00 1000.00 0.00 -15.64  -1.96 -17.60 7.88 7.88
15 0  4  9 13 0.00 320.00 720.00 1040.00 0.00  +4.36 +18.04 +22.40 9.28 11.60
19 0  5 11 16 0.00 315.79 694.74 1010.53 0.00  +0.15  -7.22  -7.07 3.61 5.72
22 0  6 13 19 0.00 327.27 709.09 1036.36 0.00 +11.63  +7.14 +18.77 6.82 12.51
26 0  7 15 22 0.00 323.08 692.31 1015.38 0.00  +7.44  -9.65  -2.21 6.09 13.20
27 0  7 16 23 0.00 311.11 711.11 1022.22 0.00  -4.53  +9.16  +4.63 5.11 11.49
31 0  8 18 26 0.00 309.68 696.77 1006.45 0.00  -5.96  -5.18 -11.14 3.95 10.20
34 0  9 20 29 0.00 317.65 705.88 1023.53 0.00  +2.01  +3.93  +5.93 2.20 6.25
38 0 10 22 32 0.00 315.79 694.74 1010.53 0.00  +0.15  -7.22  -7.07 3.61 11.43
41 0 11 24 35 0.00 321.95 702.44 1024.39 0.00  +6.31  +0.48  +6.79 3.16 10.81
46 0 12 27 39 0.00 313.04 704.35 1017.39 0.00  -2.60  +2.39  -0.20 1.77 6.77
50 0 13 29 42 0.00 312.00 696.00 1008.00 0.00  -3.64  -5.96  -9.60 3.49 14.54
53 0 14 31 45 0.00 316.98 701.89 1018.87 0.00  +1.34  -0.07  +1.27 0.67 2.96
58 0 15 34 49 0.00 310.34 703.45 1013.79 0.00  -5.30  +1.49  -3.80 2.75 13.30
60 0 16 35 51 0.00 320.00 700.00 1020.00 0.00  +4.36  -1.96  +2.40 2.39 11.94


See also

Chords below are 5-limit unless noted.