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 Miembros In just intonation, Isoharmonic chords are build by successive jumps up the harmonic series by some number of steps. Since the
Búsqueda harmonic series is arranged such that each higher step is smaller than the one before it, all isoharmonic chords have this same
shape -- with diminishing step size as one ascends. All isoharmonic chords are equal-hertz chords, meaning that the frequencies of
Navegación the notes are in an arithmetic sequence with an equal difference in cycles per second between successive notes. However, not all
Introduction equal-hertz chords are isoharmonic chords, since the ratios between the notes need not be integers. An isoharmonic "chord" may
Help (Conventions) function more like a "scale" than a chord (depending on the composition of course), but we will use the word "chord" on this page for
consistency.
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日本語 The simplest isoharmonic chords are built by stepping up the harmonic series by single steps (adjacent steps in the harmonic
series). Take, for instance, 4:5:6:7, the harmonic seventh chord. We may call these class i isoharmonic chords. There is one class i
Connect series (the harmonic series), which looks like this:

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Scores The next simplest isoharmonic chords are built by stepping up the harmonic series by two (skipping every other harmonic). This
Discussion gives us chords such as 3:5:7:9 (the primary tetrad in the Bohlen-Pierce tuning system) and 9:11:13:15. Note that if you start on an
People even number, your chord is equivalent to a class i harmonic chord: 4:6:8:10 = 2:3:4:5. Thus, there is one class ii series (the series
Projects of all odd harmonics):

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Class iii isoharmonic chords are less common and more complex sounding. They include chords such as 7:10:13:16 and
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14:17:20:23. Note that if you start on a number divisible by three, you'll again get a chord reducible to class i (eg. 9:12:15 = 3:4:5).
There are two series for class iii:
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Non-just nomenclature? 
Sarzadoce (http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Sarzadoce)
Aug 10, 2011

The article says that isoharmonic only applies to just

chords.

What about chords like (1):(sqrt(3)):(2*sqrt(3)-1)? The

distances between notes are equal in linear measurements,
but the ratios are not just. There must be a better name than
"equal-hertz", I hope.

(http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Sarzadoce) Sarzadoce
(http://www.wikispaces.com/user
Aug 10,
2011
If there is
no current
naming
standard, I
propose to
name them
"Equal-
Beating," a
name
which Mike
uses a lot.
This would
be a
broader
category,
including
all
isoharmonic
chords but
also
including a
plethora of
irrational
chords.

(http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/genewardsmith) genewardsmith
(http://www.wikispaces.com
Aug
10,
2011
Equal
beating
is OK.
I
suppose
arithmetic
progression
chords
wouldn't
please
most
people,
but it
does
have
the
advantage
of
telling
you
just

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exactly
what it
is.

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