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IndisputableMonolith.MusicTheory.HarmonicModes
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plain-language theorem explainer

The fourth interval is formalized as the musical interval carrying ratio 4/3. Analysts of harmonic modes in the Recognition framework cite this definition when assembling interval lattices from the J-cost. The construction is a direct application of the MusicalInterval structure to the pre-established ratio and its positivity witness.

Claim. The fourth interval is the musical interval whose ratio equals $4/3$.

background

MusicalInterval is the structure whose fields are a real ratio and a proof that the ratio is positive. Its jcost method applies the J-cost function to the ratio. The fourth ratio is the constant 4/3, whose positivity follows from direct numerical normalization.

proof idea

The definition is a one-line wrapper that invokes the MusicalInterval constructor on the fourth ratio and the fourth_pos theorem.

why it matters

This entry populates the set of basic intervals used to define harmonic modes. It supplies a concrete case for the J-cost evaluation in music-theoretic contexts. The module catalogs similar intervals such as the octave and fifth, but no further theorems yet depend on this specific definition.

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