💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Augmented interval"
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| Word | Definition |
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| augmented secondnoun | (music) an interval that is equivalent to a major second widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equal to three half steps where the notes are in consecutive staff positions (compare minor third.) |
| augmented thirdnoun | (music) an interval that is equivalent to a major third widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equivalent to a perfect fourth. |
| augmented sixthnoun | (music) an interval that is equivalent to a major sixth widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equivalent to a minor seventh. |
| augmented seventhnoun | (music) an interval that is equivalent to widening a major seventh by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it is equivalent to an octave. |
| augmented fifthnoun | (music) A musical interval made by widening a perfect fifth by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eight semitones, spans five degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a minor sixth. |
| augmented octavenoun | (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a minor ninth/compound minor second. |
| augmented ninthnoun | (music) an interval that is one octave wider than an augmented second |
| diminished intervalnoun | (music) An interval that is decreased from either a minor interval or a perfect interval. |
| compound intervalnoun | (music) An interval that is greater than an octave. |
| major intervalnoun | (music) an interval that is either a major second, major third, major sixth, or a major seventh |
| augmented sixth chordnoun | (music) a chord that contains a lowered submediant scale degree and a raised subdominant scale degree |
| augmented fourthnoun | (music) A type of tritone in musical composition. It spans four diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fourth but with an extension of a chromatic semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from a diminished fifth. |
| minor intervalnoun | (music) an interval that is either a minor second, minor third, minor sixth, or a minor seventh |
| perfect intervalnoun | (music) an interval that is either a unison, fourth, fifth, or an octave |
| augmented triadnoun | (music) a triad with an augmented fifth between the bottom note and the top note |
| half-stepverb | (slang, African-American Vernacular) To back down from; fail to follow through or complete; to be slack |
| whole stepnoun | (music) An interval equal to two half steps; a whole tone. |
| superfluous intervalnoun | (archaic, music) An interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. |
| musical intervalnoun | The distance between two notes on the diatonic scale. |
| semitonenoun | (music) A musical interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used |
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