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    The document compares the classification of consonance and dissonance by J.J. Fux in the 18th century to the ideas of two medieval music theorists, John of Garland from the 13th century and an anonymous theorist from St. Die. It includes a table listing common musical intervals and their frequency ratios, and how each theorist categorized the intervals as concords or discords.

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    The document compares the classification of consonance and dissonance by J.J. Fux in the 18th century to the ideas of two medieval music theorists, John of Garland from the 13th century and an anonymous theorist from St. Die. It includes a table listing common musical intervals and their frequency ratios, and how each theorist categorized the intervals as concords or discords.

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    The document compares the classification of consonance and dissonance by J.J. Fux in the 18th century to the ideas of two medieval music theorists, John of Garland from the 13th century and an anonymous theorist from St. Die. It includes a table listing common musical intervals and their frequency ratios, and how each theorist categorized the intervals as concords or discords.

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    Fux's classification of consonance and dissonance

    compared with the differing ideas of two medieval theorists

    Musical name Frequency ratio

    Octave 2/1

    Fifth 3/2

    Fourth Major 3rd Minor 3rd Minor 6th Major 2nd Augmented Major 6th Minor 7th Major 7th Minor 2nd (tone) 4th (tritone) (semitone) 4/3 5/4 6/5 8/5 9/8 11/8 13/8 14/8 15/8 12/11

    J.J. Fux (1660-1741)

    Perfect concords

    Discord

    Imperfect concords

    Discords

    Imperfect concord

    Discords

    John of Garland (13th c.)

    Perfect concord

    Intermediate concords Intermediate concords

    Imperfect concords

    Intermediate discords Discord

    Strong discord

    Discords

    Strong discord

    Anon. of St. Perfect Di concord

    Imperfect concords

    Im-perfect concord

    Discord

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