INTERVAL

Interval

In music theory, an interval is the difference between two pitches. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or harmonic if it pertains to simultaneously sounding tones, such as in a chord.

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interval

Noun

  1. A distance in space.
  2. A period of time.
    the interval between contractions during childbirth
  3. The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
  4. A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
  5. An intermission.
  6. half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
  7. Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play


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