In music, the major fourth and minor fifth, also known as the paramajor fourth and paraminor fifth, are intervals from the quarter-tone scale, named by...
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of as descending by a fifth to F, or ascending by a fourth to F. Each pitch can serve as the tonic of a major or minor key, and each of these keys will...
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the fourth and fifth may be interchangeable or indeterminate. The perfect fifth is a basic element in the construction of major and minor triads, and their...
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degrees of a major scale are called major. The major third may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the fourth and fifth harmonics...
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sounds a fourth higher. (The basset horn also often sounds an octave and a fifth lower.) Tonic – F major Supertonic – G minor Mediant – A minor Subdominant...
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interval. Its inversion is the diminished fourth, and its enharmonic equivalent is the minor sixth. The augmented fifth only began to make an appearance at...
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Key signature (redirect from Theoretical key of circle of fifths)
not both, and the different key signatures add flats or sharps according to the order shown in the circle of fifths. Each major and minor key has an...
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Tritone (redirect from Augmented fourth)
augmented fourth resolves outward to a minor or major sixth (the first measure below). The inversion of this, a diminished fifth, resolves inward to a major or...
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three notes of a minor triad: the root, a minor third (rather than the major third, as in a major triad or major scale), and a perfect fifth (rather than...
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and seventh (and the compound intervals based on them) may be major or minor (or, rarely, diminished or augmented). Unisons, fourths, fifths, and octaves...
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unison, octave, perfect fifth, and perfect fourth. The sopranino saxophone and E♭ clarinet sound in the concert pitch ( C ) a minor third higher than the...
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and diminished third. Major fourth and minor fifth Neutral interval Quarter tone Miller, Leta E., ed. (1988). Lou Harrison: Selected keyboard and chamber...
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occurrence is between the fifth and upper root of all major and minor triads and their extensions. An example of a perfect fourth is the beginning of the...
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Guitar chord (redirect from List of major chord shapes for guitar)
only thirds but also fourths and fifths, supplementing tertian major–minor harmony with quartal and quintal harmonies. Quartal and quintal harmonies are...
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Relative key (redirect from Relative minor/major)
major, the second and third are minor, the fourth and fifth are major, the sixth minor and the seventh is diminished. In the relative minor, the same triads...
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Interval (music) (redirect from Major interval)
1:1 (unison), 2:1 (octave), 5:3 (major sixth), 3:2 (perfect fifth), 4:3 (perfect fourth), 5:4 (major third), 6:5 (minor third). Intervals with small-integer...
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Pythagorean interval (redirect from Tertium major)
or vice versa. For instance, the perfect fifth with ratio 3/2 (equivalent to 31/ 21) and the perfect fourth with ratio 4/3 (equivalent to 22/ 31) are...
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Wolf interval (redirect from Wolf fifth)
wider, and four diminished fourths 8 ε cents wider or narrower than average. Three of these diminished fourths form major triads with perfect fifths, but...
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Suspended chord (redirect from Suspended fourth chord)
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...
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Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) (redirect from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony)
major The Fourth Piano Concerto (played by Beethoven himself) (Intermission) The Fifth Symphony The Sanctus and Benedictus movements of the C major Mass...
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the musical fifth, and [epitritos] is the 4:3 ratio associated with the musical fourth. It is common to translate epogdoos as 'tone' [major second]." Barker...
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Seventh chord (redirect from Major-minor seventh)
chord, or major-minor seventh chord is a chord composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh. It can be also viewed as a major triad with...
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Neutral interval (redirect from Thirty-fifth subharmonic)
root one perfect fifth below the lower of the two notes. Major fourth and minor fifth Subminor and supermajor List of pitch intervals Microtonal music Haluska...
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root, minor third, perfect fifth, and major seventh (1, ♭3, 5, and 7). It can be viewed as a minor triad with an additional major seventh. When using popular-music...
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Chord (music) (redirect from Suspended fourth)
third, and a fifth. Chords are the building blocks of harmony and form the harmonic foundation of a piece of music. They can be major, minor, diminished...
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a minor chord is a chord that has a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord comprises only these three notes, it is called a minor triad...
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fifth, major and minor thirds, major sixth and (sometimes) the perfect fourth. In the common practice period, sixths were considered interesting and dynamic...
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Semitone (redirect from Octave and minor second)
anhemitonic. The minor second occurs in the major scale, between the third and fourth degree, (mi (E) and fa (F) in C major), and between the seventh and eighth...
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signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor. The key of A major is the only key where the Neapolitan...
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Pentatonic scale (redirect from Pentatonic minor scale)
octave (such as the major scale and minor scale). Pentatonic scales were developed independently by many ancient civilizations and are still used in various...
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