diminished fifth

  • 1diminished fifth — noun A type of tritone in musical composition comprising of 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… …

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  • 2Diminished seventh chord — on C  Play ( …

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  • 3Diminished triad chord — diminished triad Component intervals from root diminished fifth (tritone) minor third root …

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  • 4Diminished major seventh chord — Diminished major seventh chord.  Play …

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  • 5Fifth — may refer to: * One fifth, a quintile, or 20% of a certain amount * The fifth in a series, or four after the first * 1st Battalion 5th Marines * In the United States, the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution especially as in the… …

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  • 6Diminished triad — Infobox Chord| chord name=diminished triad first interval=root second interval=minor third third interval=diminished fifth More specifically, it is a triad (a diminished triad (Audio|Diminished triad on B.mid|Play)) consisting of a minor third… …

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  • 7Diminished chord — Generally, in music, a diminished chord (Audio|Diminished triad on C.mid|play) is a minor chord which has a diminished fifth in it. The interval between the upper two notes is also a minor third thus, the chord consists of two minor thirds… …

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  • 8diminished triad — noun or diminished chord : a triad consisting of a minor third and diminished fifth see triad illustration …

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  • 9diminished — adjective Date: circa 1751 of a musical interval made one half step less than perfect or minor < a diminished fifth > …

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  • 10Diminished sixth — Inverse augmented third Name Other names Abbreviation d6[1] Size …

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