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{{short description|Types of harmonic structures in music}} {{redirects|Fourth chord||Eleventh chord#Fourth}} In [[music]], '''quartal harmony''' is the building of [[Harmony|harmonic]] structures built from the [[Interval (music)|intervals]] of the [[perfect fourth]], the [[tritone|augmented fourth]] and the [[diminished fourth]]. For instance, a three-note quartal chord on C can be built by stacking perfect fourths, CβFβB{{music|flat}}. :<score sound="1"> { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c f bes>1 } } </score> '''Quintal harmony''' is harmonic structure preferring the [[perfect fifth]], the [[augmented fifth]] and the [[tritone|diminished fifth]]. For instance, a three-note quintal chord on C can be built by stacking perfect fifths, CβGβD. :<score sound="1"> { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 <c g' d'>1 } } </score>
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