Tertian

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In music or music theory, tertian is the quality of a chord constructed from thirds, and other things constructed from thirds such as counterpoint.

Chords which may be considered as built from sixths are actually tertian because of inversion.

[edit] Other uses

• Tertian is a term used at some universities to describe students in the third year of their studies, or the normal standard reached by a student after this time.

[edit] See also

• secundal
• quartal and quintal harmony
• polychord