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(music) A meter of four quarter notes per measure.
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(music) a suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note
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Abbreviation of octave. [(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.]
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(music) a suspension that consists of the ninth chord tone that resolves to the eighth (or the one).
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Alternative spelling of A-flat [(music) A tone one semitone below A, between G and A, denoted A♭.]
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(music) The major chord with a root of A.
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(music) The minor key with A as its tonic, consisting of the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
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Alternative spelling of A-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than A, denoted A♯.]
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(music) A tone one semitone below A, between G and A, denoted A♭.
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(music) The major chord with a root of A-flat.
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(music) a minor key with the notes A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭
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(music) the minor chord with a root of A
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(music) A tone one semitone higher than A, denoted A♯.
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(music) the theoretical major key with A-sharp as its tonic and the notes A#, B#, C𝄪, D#, E#, F𝄪, G𝄪. Such a high number of accidentals (especially double sharps) is undesirable. Therefore, it is usually scored and referred to as its enharmonic equivalent; B-flat major.
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(music) a minor key with the notes A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯
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A four-hundred and forty Hertz tone that serves as the standard for musical pitch, and is the musical note A above middle C.
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(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
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(music) a mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale, with the interval pattern:
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(music) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
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(music) 17 equal temperament, a tuning dividing the octave into 17 equal steps.
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(music) increased by a semitone.
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eight semitones and spanning five degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a perfect fifth and enharmonically equivalent to a minor sixth.
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(music) A type of tritone in musical composition comprising six semitones. It spans four diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fourth but with an extension of a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from a diminished fifth.
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(music) An interval that is increased one half step from either a major interval or a perfect interval.
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(music) an interval that is one octave wider than an augmented second
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a minor ninth/compound minor second.
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to three half steps where the notes are in consecutive staff positions (compare minor third.)
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to an octave
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to a minor seventh
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to a perfect fourth
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(music) a triad with an augmented fifth between the bottom note and the top note
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to a half step
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(music, chiefly US) A cadence involving the resolution of the dominant chord (V) to the root chord (I).
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A chord progression, I–V–vi–IV, used in Western popular music, common since the 1970s.
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Alternative spelling of A-flat [(music) A tone one semitone below A, between G and A, denoted A♭.]
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(music) The seventh note in the C major scale.
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Alternative spelling of B-flat [(music) The note one semitone below B, notated B♭.]
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(music) The major chord with a root of B.
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(music) the minor chord with a root of B
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Alternative spelling of B-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than B, denoted B♯.]
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Alternative spelling of BACH [(music) A motif consisting of the notes B flat, A, C, B natural.]
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(music) The note one semitone below B, notated B♭.
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(music) The major key with B-flat as its tonic, consisting of the pitches B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, and A.
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(music) a minor chord with a root of B♭.
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(music) A tone one semitone higher than B, denoted B♯.
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(music) the C note exactly one octave below middle C
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(music) A symbol showing that the second line from the top of the staff represents the F below middle C.
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(music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.
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(idiomatic, music) Any of the notes that produce the characteristic clashes with the underlying harmony associated with blues music. The flatted third, flatted fifth and flatted seventh can all be considered blue notes when played over major or dominant chord progressions, while only the flatted fifth will clash with minor chord progressions.
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(music) A minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.
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Alternative spelling of B-flat [(music) The note one semitone below B, notated B♭.]
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(music) an instrument that produces a concert pitch of B♭ when a C is written in the music
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Alternative spelling of B-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than B, denoted B♯.]
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(music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
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(music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined C on a staff.
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Alternative spelling of C-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a C, denoted C♭.]
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(music) The major chord with a root of C.
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(music) the minor chord with a root of C
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Alternative spelling of C-sharp [(music) A musical note one semitone higher than a C, notated C♯.]
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(music) a sign that indicates where middle C is on the staff with the center of the sign being middle C.
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(music) A tone one semitone lower than a C, denoted C♭.
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(music) a major key with the notes C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, G♭, A♭, B♭
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(music) A musical note one semitone higher than a C, notated C♯.
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(music) a key with the notes C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, and B♯
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(music) a minor key with the notes C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, B
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(music) A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
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(Ancient Greece, historical) One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord.
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(music) A scale including all twelve semitones in an octave.
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Alternative form of cycle of fifths [(music theory) A sequence of bass notes at intervals of a perfect fifth lower than the previous note. In equal temperament the sequence repeats every twelve tones, forming a cycle.]
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(music) Initialism of circle of fifths.
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(music) major triad (name for)
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(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
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(music) an interval that is greater than an octave
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(music theory) A sequence of bass notes at intervals of a perfect fifth lower than the previous note. In equal temperament the sequence repeats every twelve tones, forming a cycle.
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Alternative spelling of C-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a C, denoted C♭.]
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(music) Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
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Alternative spelling of D-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a D, denoted D♭.]
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(music) The major chord with a root of D.
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(music) The minor chord with a root of D.
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Alternative spelling of D-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than a D, denoted D♯.]
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Alternative spelling of D-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a D, denoted D♭.]
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(music) a major key with five flats with the notes D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C
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(music) A tone one semitone higher than a D, denoted D♯.
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(music) a minor key with the notes D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯
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(music) A group of ten notes from which the consonant triads may be constructed
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(music, obsolete) An interval of pitch equal to 1/10 of a heptameride, or 1/3010 of an octave.
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(obsolete, music) A tenth: a note nine degrees of the scale above or below a given note (and thus ten degrees separate counting inclusively) or the interval between such notes.
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(music) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the keynote.
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(music) A semiquaver, a sixteenth note.
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(music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails.
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(music) In microtonal music, a note played a quarter tone higher than a natural.
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(informal, music) The tritone
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(music) The musical octave.
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(music, obsolete) The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
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(music, obsolete) The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
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(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.
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(music) A seven-note musical scale of five tones and two semitones.
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(music) reduced by a semitone
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(music) A type of tritone in musical composition comprising six semitones. It spans five diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fifth but narrower by a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from an augmented fourth.
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of four semitones and spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a perfect fourth and enharmonically equivalent to a major third.
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(music) An interval that is decreased from either a minor interval or a perfect interval.
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to an octave
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eleven semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to a unison
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.
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(music) a chord with the bass note, minor third, diminished fifth, and diminished seventh above it
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(music) an interval that is formed by chromatically lowering the upper note of a minor sixth.
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(music) An interval that is equivalent to a major second.
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(music) a triad that has a diminished fifth between the bottom note and the top note
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(music, Ancient Greece) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth.
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(music) A finger-operated key for raising the pitch of a guitar by a semitone.
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
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(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
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(music) The chord consisting of the fifth, major seventh, ninth and eleventh of a given scale; a seventh chord built on the dominant tone.
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(music) a chord with the bass note and the major third, perfect fifth, and the minor seventh above it
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(music) a mode whose scale is the same as a minor key with the sixth scale degree raised by one half step, with the interval pattern:
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(music) an accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step lower
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An alternate (scordatura) guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ("dropped") from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step, to D.
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(music, obsolete) Major; in the major mode.
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Alternative spelling of D-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a D, denoted D♭.]
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Alternative spelling of D-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than a D, denoted D♯.]
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Alternative spelling of E-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than E, between D and E.]
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(music) The major chord with a root of E-flat.
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(music) The major key with the notes E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯, the key signature of which has four sharps.
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(music) the minor chord with a root of E
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Alternative spelling of E-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than an E, denoted E♯.]
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(music) A tone one semitone lower than E, between D and E.
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(music) Alternative spelling of E flat major [(music) The major key with E-flat as its tonic.]
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(music) a minor key with the notes E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭
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(obsolete, music) The highest note in the scale proposed by Guido of Arezzo.
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Alternative spelling of E-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than an E, denoted E♯.]
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(music) A blues form built on an eight-measure chord pattern, most typically I, I, IV, I, V7, IV, I, V7, where I, IV and V7 represent the tonic, subdominant and dominant seventh chords respectively.
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(music) a rest that has the same length as an eighth note
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(music) The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.
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(music) A perfect cadence characteristic of English Renaissance music, involving a flattened seventh note played against the dominant chord (containing a regular raised seventh); conventionally, the flattened seventh is played as part of a suspension on the penultimate beat, before resolving downwards to the sixth and then fifth of the final chord, while the raised seventh is held before resolving upward to the first; however, more complex variations are also possible.
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Twelve-tone equal temperament: The European semi-harmonic interval compromise among the chromatic notes.
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Alternative spelling of E-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than E, between D and E.]
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(music) an instrument that produces the concert pitch of E♭ when a C is written in the music
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Alternative spelling of E-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than an E, denoted E♯.]
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(music) a clef which indicates the position of F below middle C in a given staff
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Alternative spelling of F-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than an F, denoted F♭.]
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(music) The major chord with a root of F.
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(music) a minor key with the notes F, G, A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭
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Alternative spelling of F-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than an F, denoted F♯.]
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(music) A tone one semitone lower than an F, denoted F♭.
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(music) A tone one semitone higher than an F, denoted F♯.
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(music) a musical key with the notes F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, and E♯
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(music) a minor key with the notes F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D, E
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
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(music) Alternative form of fa. [(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.]
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(music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.
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(music) The interval comprising two octaves.
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(music) The musical interval between one note and another seven semitones higher (the fifth note in the major/minor scale)
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(music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
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(music) a position of a chord when the third of the chord is the lowest note
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(music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
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Synonym of diminished fifth
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(music) The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.
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(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
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(music) a chord with the tonic, supertonic, lowered submediant, and raised subdominant scale degrees
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(music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
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Alternative spelling of F-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than an F, denoted F♭.]
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Alternative spelling of F-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than an F, denoted F♯.]
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(music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined G (g′ or G4) on a staff.
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Alternative spelling of G-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a G, denoted G♭.]
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(music) The major key with the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, F♯, the key signature of which has one sharp.
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(music) the minor chord with a root of G
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Alternative spelling of G-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than a G, denoted G♯.]
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Alternative spelling of G clef [(music) A clef indicating the position of one-lined G (g′ or G4) on a staff.]
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(music) A tone one semitone lower than a G, denoted G♭.
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(music) a major key with the notes G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, and F
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(music) A tone one semitone higher than a G, denoted G♯.
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(music) a minor key with the notes G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯
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(music) A vocal technique in which certain tones out of a complete set of tones are omitted.
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(music) the distance between notes only regarding the distance on the staff
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(music) a chord with the tonic, lowered submediant, lowered mediant, and raised subdominant scale degrees
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(music) the C note exactly one octave above high C
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Alternative spelling of G-flat [(music) A tone one semitone lower than a G, denoted G♭.]
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Alternative spelling of G-sharp [(music) A tone one semitone higher than a G, denoted G♯.]
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(music) a cadence that moves up from a tonic, supertonic, mediant, or subdominant chord to a dominant triad
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(music, US) An interval of which there are seven in a fifth or twelve in an octave, consisting of two tones whose frequency ratio is about 1.059 or 18/17.
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Alternative form of halftone [(music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.]
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(music) a chord with the bass note and the minor third, diminished fifth, and minor seventh above it, often denoted with 𝆩.
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Alternative form of half step [(music, US) An interval of which there are seven in a fifth or twelve in an octave, consisting of two tones whose frequency ratio is about 1.059 or 18/17.]
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(music) Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
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(music) a type of minor scale with the 3rd and 6th notes lowered by one semitone, with the interval pattern:
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(UK, music) A sixty-fourth note.
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(music) A pentatonic scale that contains half steps.
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(music, obsolete) An interval of pitch equal to 1/7 of a meride, or 1/301 of an octave.
adj
(music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave
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(music) A series of six tones denoted with the syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la separated by seconds, the only of which that is a minor second being mi-fa.
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(music) The note exactly two octaves above middle C.
adj
Alternative form of hypodorian [(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.]
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F.
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G
adj
(chiefly music) Of, or pertaining to, intervals.
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(music) A mode that is the same as a major key, with the interval pattern:
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(music) A distinctive six-tone scale used in Istrian and Kvarnerian folk music.
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(music) a chord with the tonic, lowered submediant, and raised subdominant scale degrees
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The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
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(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
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(music) Alternative spelling of la [(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.]
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(music) scale degree seven when the first scale degree is one half step higher than the seventh scale degree
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(music) In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
adj
(music) Designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone.
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(music) A mode whose scale is the same as a minor key with the second scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern (semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone).
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(music) the C note exactly two octaves below middle C
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(music) a mode whose scale is the same as a major key with the fourth scale degree raised by one half step, with the interval pattern:
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Sixth tone of the diatonic scale.
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(of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
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(music) Any musical chord which has the tones a major third (as opposed to a minor third) and a perfect fifth above its root, i.e. the notes of a major triad, but possibly containing other intervals, such as a seventh or ninth.
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(music) an interval that is either a major second, major third, major sixth, or a major seventh
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(music) A musical key based upon a major scale.
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(music) An interval that is one half step wider than a minor ninth.
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(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to two half steps
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eleven semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a diminished octave.
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(music) a chord with the bass note and its major third, perfect fifth, and major seventh above it
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a minor sixth and enharmonically equivalent to a diminished seventh.
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of four semitones and spanning three degrees of the diatonic scale. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad. It is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth.
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(music) a triad that has a major third between the root and the third and a minor third between the third and the fifth
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(music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.
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(music) A musical temperament that generates all non-octave intervals from a stack of tempered perfect fifths and, by choosing an appropriate size for major and minor thirds, tempers the syntonic comma to unison.
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(music) The third degree of the diatonic scale.
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(music) a type of minor scale with the 3rd note lowered by one semitone when the scale is played ascending, and the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes lowered by one semitone when descending, with the interval patterns:
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(music, obsolete) An interval of pitch equal to 1/43 of an octave.
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(music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
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(music) A melody based on a scale whose intervals are less that a semitone (used to investigate vocal accuracy)
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(music) Any interval smaller than a semitone
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(music) A specific musical note, particularly the note C4, at approximately 261.6 hertz, appearing at the middle of the alto staff and directly between the treble and bass staves.
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One thousandth of an octave (musical interval).
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(music) Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
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(music) Any musical chord which has a minor third, as opposed to a major third, above its root, especially a minor triad.
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(music) an interval that is either a minor second, minor third, minor sixth, or a minor seventh
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(music) A musical key based upon a minor scale.
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major ninth and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented octave.
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(music) Any diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad.
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(music) an interval that is equivalent to one half step
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of ten semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major seventh and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented sixth.
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(music) a chord with the bass note, the minor third, perfect fifth, and the minor seventh above it
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eight semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major sixth and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented fifth.
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A musical interval with exactly three half steps that spans two degrees of diatonic scale.
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(music) a triad with a minor third between the root and the third, and a major third between the third and the fifth
adj
(music) Designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant.
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(music) a mode whose scale is the same as a major key with the seventh scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern:
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(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.
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(music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
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(music) A chart in the tonic sol-fa notation on which the modulations or changes from one scale to another are shown by the relative position of the notes.
adj
(music, obsolete) minor; in the minor mode
adj
(music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone
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The distance between two notes on the diatonic scale.
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(music) A type of minor scale with the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes lowered by one semitone, with the interval pattern:
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(music) A major chord with the lowered supertonic scale degree as the root, denoted by ♭IIb in Roman Numeral Notation.
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(music) A third that is between a major and a minor third in size; an interval of approximately three and a half semitones.
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(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
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(music) A chord with five notes that are thirds apart.
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(music) A scale that has four half step intervals and four whole step intervals that alternate.
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(intransitive, of a person) To span (at least) one octave in playing a musical instrument.
adj
(music, rare, of an instrument) Altered to sound a pitch one octave lower than its usual range.
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(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
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(music) a symbol showing that the pitch of a note is to be raised by one or two octaves.
adj
(music, of an instrument) That can be played in any key
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(informal, music) A pentatonic scale.
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(music) An augmented sixth
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(music) The pentatonic scale.
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(music) A scale having five notes per octave.
adj
(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
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(music) an interval equal to that of between the second and third harmonics of the harmonic series; in equal temperament, an interval of seven semitones spanning five degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished sixth.
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A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of five semitones and spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented third.
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(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.
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(music) a mode whose scale is the same as a minor key with the second scale degree lowered by one half step, with the interval pattern:
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(music) a major third in the final tonic chord of a minor-key passage, a device mostly used in Baroque, although occasionally in Classical music, and then adopted much later on in neoclassicism.
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(music) An interval whose frequency ratio is not 2:1 (that of the octave), but is perceived or treated as equivalent to this ratio, and whose pitches are considered equivalent to each other as with octave equivalency.
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(music) The lower part of a tetrachord in Ancient Greek music, consisting of a composite interval (two successive intervals) that is less than the remaining (incomposite) interval.
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(music) The musical interval equal to one quarter of a tone or 1/24 of an octave; half a semitone.
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Alternative spelling of quarter tone [(music) The musical interval equal to one quarter of a tone or 1/24 of an octave; half a semitone.]
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(music, principally UK) A note having a time value half as long as a hemidemisemiquaver or 64th note; a 128th note.
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(music) The interval of a fifteenth, or double octave.
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(music) Of or relating to a kind of musical scale based on fifths.
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(music) a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
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(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
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(music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.
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(music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
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(music, obsolete) An interval of pitch equal to 1/1000 of a decade, practically identical to a heptameride.
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(music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
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(music) a number given to each note of a scale
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Relating to a musical scale.
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(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
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(music) The position of a chord when the fifth of the chord is the lowest note.
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(music) Relating to seconds (intervals between pairs of adjacent notes in a diatonic scale).
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(music) Alternative form of semicroma (“semiquaver”) [(music) A semiquaver.]
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(music) A diminished octave.
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(music, archaic) A diminished fifth.
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(music) The lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.
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(music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale
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(music) The seven notes of the diatonic scale.
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(music, obsolete) A perfect fourth, an interval having the ratio of 1 to 1⅓, or 3 to 4.
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(music) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
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(music) An interval of two octaves and a third.
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(music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
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(music) a chord that contains four notes that make three thirds
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(music) A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
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(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
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(music) In microtonal music, a note played three quarter tones higher than a natural.
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
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(music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
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(music) Alternative form of so [(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.]
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In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
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a method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the movable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B).
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Alternative form of sol-fa [a method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the movable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B).]
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Alternative spelling of solfège [(music) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la.]
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(music) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la.
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(music) The octave on the bass clef ranging from three octaves below the staff (C0) to two octaves below the staff (B0).
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(music) The fourth tone of a scale.
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A minor echo or the echo of an echo
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(music) The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI.
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(music) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.
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(music) The sixth tone of the scale, immediately above the dominant.
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(music) An interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.
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(music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal.
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(music) The second note in a diatonic scale.
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(music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
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(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.
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(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
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(music) Pertaining to the well-tempered scale, where the twelve notes per octave of the standard keyboard are tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and it will not sound perceptibly out of tune.
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(music) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
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(music) Pertaining to the mean-tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune.
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(music theory) a key with key signature which exceeds 7 sharps or 7 flats. In music using equal temperament its pitch coincides with its enharmonic
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(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
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(music) a position of a seventh chord when the seventh of the chord is the lowest note
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(music) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.
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(music) A note that has 1/32 the length of a whole note.
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(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
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(music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
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(music) a major third in the final tonic chord of a minor-key passage, a device mostly used in Baroque, although occasionally in Classical music, and then adopted much later on in neoclassicism.
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(music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
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(music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
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(music) the C note exactly one octave above middle C
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(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
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(music) A chord in musical composition consisting originally of the notes F, B, D# and G# which can be translated more generally in intervalic terms as: augmented fourth, augmented sixth and augmented ninth above a root. Enharmonically it sounds like a half-diminished seventh chord (e.g. F-A♭-C♭-E♭), though in terms of musical analysis it can be interpreted in several ways.
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(music) An interval used in the Bohlen–Pierce scale, based on a fundamental harmonic ratio of 3:1 and replacing the octave.
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(music) An interval of three whole tones.
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(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
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(music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
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(music) Having twelve notes per octave of the standard instrument tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and the resulting sound will not sound perceptibly too far out of tune.
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(music) An interval equal to two half steps; a major second.
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(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones or two-twelfths of an octave
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(music) a scale with intervals of only whole steps
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Alternative form of whole tone [(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones or two-twelfths of an octave]
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(music theory) A particularly dissonant musical interval spanning seven semitones.
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