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. 2019 Sep 29;2019:2369041. doi: 10.34133/2019/2369041

Table 1.

Summary of correlations with consonance rankings and historical chord use.

Stationary harmony Transitional harmony
Dyads/intervals
(2 notes)
Triads
(3 notes)
Triads & tetrads
(3 or 4 notes)
All transitions All transitions
Excl. comp.
Resolutions

r= 0.922 r=0.907 r= 0.903 r= 0.970 r= 0.996
p=0.0001 p=0.0000 p=0.0000 p=0.0000 p=0.0000