augmented fifth
augmented fifth · augmented fifths
A musical interval made by widening a perfect fifth by one chromatic semitoneA 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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
An augmented fifth on C 1
Forms
plural: augmented fifths| Singular | augmented fifth |
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regular