an interval of five diatonic degrees
Fifth
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Fourth
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interval of four diatonic scale notes, counting the first and last note, for example, the interval from 'C' to 'F'
Quinta
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Italian
fifth,an interval of five diatonic degrees, counting the first and last degree
Quinto
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Italian
fifth, an interval of five diatonic degrees, counting the first and last degree
Diatonic interval
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the interval between any two notes that both appear in the major or minor scales of the prevailing keynote
Equal temperament
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the modern method of tuning where the interval of an octave is exact and the interval between each successive semitone is equ…
Blue notes
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flattened third, seventh and occasionally fifth degrees of the major scale
Circle of fifths
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chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves d…
Compound interval
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an interval greater than an octave, for example, a ninth, an eleventh, a thirteenth