DIMINISHEDSIXTH

Diminished sixth

In classical music from Western culture, a diminished sixth is an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone. For example, the interval from A to F is a minor sixth, eight semitones wide, and both the intervals from A to F, and from A to F are diminished sixths, spanning seven semitones. Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval.

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diminished sixth

Noun

  1. an interval that is equivalent to a perfect fifth


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