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2. Major sixth - Wikipedia

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   In 12-tone equal temperament, a major sixth is equal to nine semitones, exactly 900 cents, with a frequency ratio of the (9/12) root of 2 over 1. Another major sixth is the Pythagorean major sixth with a ratio of 27:16, approximately 906 cents, [ 4 ] called "Pythagorean" because it can be constructed from three just perfect fifths (C-A = C-G-D ...

3. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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   List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament

4. List of meantone intervals - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of intervals of extended meantone temperament.These intervals constitute the standard vocabulary of intervals for the Western common practice era. . Here 12 EDO refers to the size of the interval in the temperament with 12 equal divisions of the octave, which is the most common meantone temperament in the modern era, 19 EDO to 19 equal temperament, 31 EDO to 31 equal ...

5. Hexatonic scale - Wikipedia

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   The augmented scale, also known in jazz theory as the symmetrical augmented scale, [3] is so called because it can be thought of as an interlocking combination of two augmented triads an augmented second or minor third apart: C E G ♯ and E ♭ G B. It may also be called the "minor-third half-step scale", owing to the series of intervals ...

6. List of pitch intervals - Wikipedia

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   Comparison between tunings: Pythagorean, equal-tempered, quarter-comma meantone, and others.For each, the common origin is arbitrarily chosen as C. The degrees are arranged in the order or the cycle of fifths; as in each of these tunings except just intonation all fifths are of the same size, the tunings appear as straight lines, the slope indicating the relative tempering with respect to ...

7. Mystic chord - Wikipedia

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   The pitch collection is related to the octatonic scale, the whole tone scale, and the French sixth, all of which are capable of a different number of transpositions. [4] For example, the chord is a whole tone scale with one note raised a semitone (the "almost whole-tone" hexachord , sometimes identified as "whole tone-plus"), and this ...