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Table 2 Triad types in the example session of “Kind of Blue”, March 2, 1959

From: Forbidden triads and creative success in jazz: the Miles Davis factor

 

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j

w ij

 

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w ik

 

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k

w jk

 

w (3)

w (2)

min legs weight

Forbidden triads

3

4

11

 

3

5

0

 

4

5

6

 

11

6

6

1

3

12

 

1

5

22

 

3

5

0

 

22

12

12

Open triads

3

5

0

 

3

6

1

 

5

6

8

 

8

1

1

2

3

1

 

2

5

16

 

3

5

0

 

16

1

1

Closed triads

2

3

1

 

2

6

5

 

3

6

1

 

5

1

5

2

4

7

 

2

6

5

 

4

6

10

 

10

7

7

      

...

        

1

2

35

 

1

6

13

 

2

6

5

 

35

13

13

1

2

35

 

1

5

22

 

2

5

16

 

35

22

22