music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical interval...

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appropriate number of semitones (e.g. a whole tone or major second is 2 semitones wide, a major third 4 semitones, and a perfect fifth 7 semitones). In...

upward direction to the second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees of a major scale are called "major". Diminished and augmented...

properties of the interval: the quality (perfect, major, minor, augmented, diminished) and number (unison, second, third, etc.). Examples include the minor third...

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becomes a major second or minor seventh. The major ninth is somewhat dissonant in sound. Some common transposing instruments sound a major ninth lower...

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upward direction to the second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees (of a major scale are called major. A commonly cited example...

Augmented second, an interval in classical music Diminished second, unison Major second, a whole tone Minor second, semitone Neutral second one-and-a-half...

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and is created by widening a major second by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from C to D is a major second, two semitones wide, and the...

different frequency ratios (e.g., 9/8 for the major second from C to D, but 10/9 for the major second from D to E). Generated collection Just intonation...

In music, the septimal whole tone, septimal major second, supermajor second, or septimal supermajor second play is the musical interval exactly or approximately...

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chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted and replaced with a perfect fourth or a major second. The lack of a minor or a major third in the chord...

the chord C–D–E♭ is a series of seconds, containing a major second (C–D) and a minor second (D–E♭). Quartal chords can be decomposed into a series of...

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that includes a major second factor holds a great deal more dramatic tension due to the very close interval between the major second and minor third.[citation...

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intervals B–C♯ (major second), C♯–D♯ (major second), D♯–E♯ (major second), and E♯–F♮ (diminished second). Notice that the last diminished second is formed by...

upward direction to the second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees (of a major scale are called major. The easiest way to locate...

consonant in the context of acoustics (e.g. a major triad in 20th century atonal music). A major second (e.g. the notes C and D played simultaneously)...

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built on the fifth (or dominant) degree of a major scale, the minor seventh chord is built on the second, third, or sixth degree. A minor seventh chord...

interval except the unison and the octave. It occurs above the root of all major and minor chords (triads) and their extensions. Until the late 19th century...

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interval. In this example, the numbers mean: 1 = (perfect) unison 2 = major second ♭3 = minor third 4 = perfect fourth 5 = perfect fifth ♭6 = minor sixth...