Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup mills-tuning-list Dominant 7th chord 4:5:6:7:8?

Andrew Milne wrote:

>If the 7th in a dominant 7th chord is tuned to 7/4, then it loses its
>dissonance and instability. Indeed such a chord can function as a tonic
>(as it does, quite exceptionally for the time, in Chopin's 22nd
>Prelude).

Even if perfectly tuned, the 4:5:6:7:8 chord is more tense than the
4:5:6:8 chord. Certainly it is still more so if the 7 is something
else, as you say. I acknowledge that sometimes composers want "out of
tune" chords for effect.

These are not good reasons to deny ourselves the possibility of the
4:5:6:7:8 chord however and I like the idea of it being available.

-- Ray Tomes -- rtomes@kcbbs.gen.nz -- Harmonics Theory --
http://www.kcbbs.gen.nz/users/rtomes/rt-home.htm

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Dominant 7th chord 4:5:6:7:8?

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