Diminished triad
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A diminished triad is a triad comprising a root, minor third, and diminished fifth.
In just intonation
In the 7-limit:
- 5:6:7 is an upper structure of 4:5:6:7, the harmonic seventh chord.
- 30:35:42 (1/1 - 7/6 - 7/5) is a subharmonic chord.
In the 5-limit:
- 45:54:64 is found on viio (45⁄32) in Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale (Zarlino), perhaps the most common 5-limit diatonic.
- 25:30:36 is obtained by stacking two 6/5 minor thirds, and found on iiio (5⁄4) and vio (5⁄3) in the duodene.
- 135:160:192 is found on iio (9⁄8) and ♯vio (45⁄32) in the duodene.
In the 3-limit:
- 729:864:1024 is found on the viio of the Pythagorean diatonic scale.