MINORTHIRD
Minor third
In the music theory of Western culture, a minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones. Staff notation represents the minor third as encompassing three staff positions . The minor third is one of two commonly occurring thirds. It is called minor because it is the smaller of the two: the major third spans an additional semitone. For example, the interval from A to C is a minor third, as the note C lies three semitones above A, and there are three staff positions from A to C. Diminished and augmented thirds span the same number of staff positions, but consist of a different number of semitones . The minor third is a skip ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Minor third
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minor third
Noun
- A musical interval that spans two degrees of diatonic scale.
- The minor third has a pitch ratio close to 19:16.
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