5:6:7:9

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Chord information
Harmonics 5:6:7:9
Subharmonics 1/(126:105:90:70)
Intervals from root 1/16/57/59/5
Cents from root 316¢583¢1018¢
Step intervals 6/5, 7/6, 9/7
Step cents 316¢, 267¢, 435¢
Color name gu-7 zogu-5 or g7(zg5)
Prime limit 7
Genus 3257 (315)
Intervallic odd limit 9
Otonal odd limit 9
Utonal odd limit 105
Consistent edos (d ≥ 2) 19edo*, 27edo*, 41edo*, 72edo**

5:6:7:9 is a concordant 7-limit interpretation of the half-diminished seventh chord. It can be thought of as the rootless version of the harmonic ninth chord, 4:5:6:7:9. It is found in the Ringer 5 scale. See also its homonym 6:7:9:10, a minor-major sixth chord.

In archytas temperament, this chord is tempered together with 45:54:64:81.


Edo approximations for 5:6:7:9 
intervals: 6/5, 7/5, 9/5 · ≤ 60edo, RMS rel. error ≤ 15%
  Edo Steps Cents (¢) Absolute errors (¢) RMS (¢) RMS (%)
8 0  2  4  7 0.00 300.00 600.00 1050.00 0.00 -15.64 +17.49 +32.40 18.08 12.05
12 0  3  6 10 0.00 300.00 600.00 1000.00 0.00 -15.64 +17.49 -17.60 14.13 14.13
14 0  4  7 12 0.00 342.86 600.00 1028.57 0.00 +27.22 +17.49 +10.98 9.90 11.55
19 0  5  9 16 0.00 315.79 568.42 1010.53 0.00  +0.15 -14.09  -7.07 5.88 9.31
22 0  6 11 19 0.00 327.27 600.00 1036.36 0.00 +11.63 +17.49 +18.77 7.42 13.60
27 0  7 13 23 0.00 311.11 577.78 1022.22 0.00  -4.53  -4.73  +4.63 3.84 8.64
31 0  8 15 26 0.00 309.68 580.65 1006.45 0.00  -5.96  -1.87 -11.14 4.28 11.05
33 0  9 16 28 0.00 327.27 581.82 1018.18 0.00 +11.63  -0.69  +0.59 5.07 13.95
39 0 10 19 33 0.00 307.69 584.62 1015.38 0.00  -7.95  +2.10  -2.21 3.75 12.19
41 0 11 20 35 0.00 321.95 585.37 1024.39 0.00  +6.31  +2.85  +6.79 2.76 9.43
45 0 12 22 38 0.00 320.00 586.67 1013.33 0.00  +4.36  +4.15  -4.26 3.53 13.25
46 0 12 22 39 0.00 313.04 573.91 1017.39 0.00  -2.60  -8.60  -0.20 3.47 13.31
50 0 13 24 42 0.00 312.00 576.00 1008.00 0.00  -3.64  -6.51  -9.60 3.54 14.77
53 0 14 26 45 0.00 316.98 588.68 1018.87 0.00  +1.34  +6.17  +1.27 2.35 10.40
58 0 15 28 49 0.00 310.34 579.31 1013.79 0.00  -5.30  -3.20  -3.80 1.93 9.34
60 0 16 29 51 0.00 320.00 580.00 1020.00 0.00  +4.36  -2.51  +2.40 2.58 12.89