4:5:6:7

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Chord information
Harmonics 4:5:6:7
Subharmonics 1/(105:84:70:60)
Intervals from root 1/1 – 5/4 – 3/2 – 7/4
Cents from root 0¢ 386¢ 702¢ 969¢
Step intervals 5/4, 6/5, 7/6
Step cents 386¢, 316¢, 267¢
Color names yo zo-7 or y,z7
har-7 or h7
Prime limit 7
Genus 3 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 7 (105)
Intervallic odd limit 7
Otonal odd limit 7
Utonal odd limit 105
Consistent edos (d≥2) 31edo*, 41edo*, 68edo*, 72edo*
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4:5:6:7, the harmonic seventh chord, is a tetrad in 7-limit harmony. It is often used as a tuning target for the dominant seventh chord in barbershop music (→ Wikipedia: Harmonic seventh chord #Barbershop seventh ), and also for the German sixth chord in septimal meantone.

It is a dyadic chord in the 7-odd limit, with its most complex interval a 7/5 tritone. It is the octave-reduced version of the first four odd harmonics, 1:3:5:7, or the first eight harmonics, 1::8.