In music theory, a perfect fifth is the musical interval corresponding to a pair of pitches with a frequency ratio of 3:2, or very nearly so. In classical...

tunings, all-fifths tuning refers to the set of tunings in which each interval between consecutive open strings is a perfect fifth. All-fifths tuning is...

quality (perfect, major, minor, augmented, diminished) and number (unison, second, third, etc.). Examples include the minor third or perfect fifth. These...

music theory, the circle of fifths (sometimes also cycle of fifths) is a way of organizing pitches as a sequence of perfect fifths. Starting on a C, and using...

the ascending interval from C to the next F is a perfect fourth, because the note F is the fifth semitone above C, and there are four staff positions...

consecutive fifths or parallel fifths are progressions in which the interval of a perfect fifth is followed by a different perfect fifth between the same...

theory, a major chord is a chord that has a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord comprises only these three notes, it is called a major...

major), perfect fifths, and minor sevenths—are used in the following discussion of fundamental guitar-chords. As already stated, the perfect-fifths (P5)...

three, 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/...

(music); specifically, a perfect fifth diminished fifth augmented fifth Quintal harmony, in which chords concatenate fifth intervals (rather than the...

occupied by two beats. In pitch, hemiola refers to the interval of a perfect fifth. The word hemiola comes from the Greek adjective ἡμιόλιος, hemiolios...

Christian hymns featured organum (which used the simultaneous perfect intervals of a fourth, a fifth, and an octave), with chord progressions and harmony - an...

theory, 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...

moved in either direction to favor certain groups of keys. The eleven perfect fifths sound almost perfectly consonant. Conversely, the diminished sixth used...

major second is 2 semitones wide, a major third 4 semitones, and a perfect fifth 7 semitones). In music theory, a distinction is made between a diatonic...

third, as in a major triad or major scale), and a perfect fifth (rather than the diminished fifth, as in a diminished scale or half diminished scale)...

three in-tune fifths are interrupted by the grave fifth D–A =  T t t s (grave means "flat by a comma"), followed by another perfect fifth, E–B, and another...

ratio, perfect fifth with 3:2, etc.) because the harmonics of these intervals coincide and beat when they are out of tune. (For a perfect fifth, the 3rd...

fifth above it (E5) is simply 440×(3:2) = 660 Hz. Pythagorean tuning is tuning based only on the perfect consonances, the (perfect) octave, perfect fifth...

class. To emphasize that it is one of the perfect intervals (including unison, perfect fourth, and perfect fifth), the octave is designated P8. Other interval...

one of the most consonant intervals after the unison, octave, perfect fifth, and perfect fourth. In the common practice period, thirds were considered...

sequence of equal fifths, both rising and descending, scaled to remain within the same octave. But rather than using perfect fifths, consisting of frequency...

minor, etc.) A common voicing is the 1–5 perfect fifth (A), to which the octave can be added, 1-5-1 (B). A perfect fourth 5-1 (C) is also a power chord,...

of all intervals are determined by choosing a sequence of fifths which are "pure" or perfect, with ratio 3 : 2 {\displaystyle 3:2} . This is chosen because...

perfect fifths (7 semitones), diminished fifth (6 semitones), and augmented fifth (8 semitones). After the unison and octave intervals, the perfect fifth...

Observations Critical and Explanatory. editor, and pub. are the perfect fourth, perfect fifth, and the octave Pelaia, Ariela. "Judaism 101: What Are the Five...

— Roger Kamien Consonances may include: Perfect consonances: unisons and octaves perfect fourths and perfect fifths Imperfect consonances: major thirds and...

or descending fifth relationship", with movement by ascending perfect fourth being equivalent to movement by descending perfect fifth due to inversion...

their powers, such as 3:2, a perfect fifth, and 9:4, a major ninth. Although the interval from C to G is called a perfect fifth for purposes of music analysis...

pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument). This means that music for the cor anglais is written a perfect fifth higher than the...