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Musical interval
commonly occurring sixths (the other one being the major sixth). It is qualified as minor because it is the smaller of the two: the minor sixth spans eight semitones
Minor_sixth
Chord where extra pitch is a sixth above the root
versions of added sixth chords are the major sixth, minor sixth, and minor flat sixth. The major sixth chord is a diatonic chord where the sixth scale degree
Sixth_chord
Major chord in music theory
Neapolitan sixth chord. In B major or B minor, for example, a Neapolitan sixth chord in first inversion contains an interval of a minor sixth between E
Neapolitan_chord
Topics referred to by the same term
Sixth interval (music)s: major sixth, a musical interval minor sixth, a musical interval diminished sixth, an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth
Sixth
Musical interval of 9 semitones
sixths. It is qualified as major because it is the larger of the two. The major sixth spans nine semitones. Its smaller counterpart, the minor sixth,
Major_sixth
Difference in pitch between two notes
(unison), 2:1 (octave), 5:3 (major sixth), 3:2 (perfect fifth), 4:3 (perfect fourth), 5:4 (major third), 6:5 (minor third). Intervals with small-integer
Interval_(music)
Type of chord in music theory
position and in three inversions. The first inversion is enharmonic to a minor sixth chord: In diatonic harmony, the half-diminished seventh chord occurs
Half-diminished_seventh_chord
Set of alternative guitar tunings
narrower than a minor third have, thus far, had limited interest. Two regular-tunings based on sixths, having intervals of minor sixths (eight semitones)
Regular_tuning
Chord that contains the interval of an augmented sixth
an augmented sixth, rather than enharmonically as a minor seventh (♭ and ♭). Although augmented sixth chords are more common in the minor mode, they are
Augmented_sixth_chord
Scale in jazz terminology
minor scale and the harmonic minor scale of the same root. This scale is often used over minor sixth chords. Barry Harris called this the minor sixth
Bebop_scale
Musical interval
diminished sixth (Play) is an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone. For example, the interval from A to F is a minor sixth, eight
Diminished_sixth
Triad of scale patterns in music theory
descent, the sixth and seventh scale degrees are lowered to their positions in the natural minor scale. Consistently raising and lowering the sixth and seventh
Minor_scale
Musical scale commonly used in Japan
major second, minor third, perfect fifth and minor sixth (such as the notes A, B, C, E, F and up to A ja:ヨナ抜き音階.), essentially a natural minor scale in Western
Japanese_mode
Musical interval
sixth is a musical interval wider than a minor sixth play but narrower than a major sixth play. Three distinct intervals may be termed neutral sixths:
Neutral_sixth
Type of chord in music
and a just major seventh is tuned 15:8. The minor flat sixth chord (minor triad with an added minor sixth) is an inversion of this chord. In 1888, the
Major_seventh_chord
Relative chord placement
the fifth and the root above it, forming the intervals of a minor third and a minor sixth (or corresponding compound intervals) above E, respectively
First_inversion
Type of musical chord
enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth, the chord is enharmonically equivalent to (1, ♭3, ♭5, ♮6). This may be labeled as a minor sixth chord with a flattened fifth
Diminished_seventh_chord
subminor third. A subminor sixth or septimal sixth is noticeably narrower than a minor sixth but noticeably wider than a diminished sixth, enharmonically equivalent
Subminor_and_supermajor
Musical interval
In natural minor scales, there is a diminished fifth between the second and sixth scale degrees (e.g., D–A♭ in C minor). In harmonic minor scales, there
Tritone
Change from one tonality to another
form a diminished seventh chord in a key a minor third (m3 as root), tritone (d5 as root) or major sixth (d7 as root) away. Where the dominant seventh
Modulation_(music)
Second mode of the melodic minor scale
Phrygian tradition of Assyrian music, the major sixth may at times be simultaneously altered to the minor sixth during the course of the composition. Jazz
Dorian_flat_2_scale
Small musical interval
augmented seconds (Play just augmented second) and one 8:5 just minor sixth (Play minor sixth) begun on the same root ((3 × 274.58) − (1 × 813.69) = 823.74
Semicomma
Musical scale comprising seven notes
melodic minor scale only by raising the third degree to a major third. The double harmonic major scale has a minor second and a minor sixth. It is the
Major_scale
instance, the limit of the just perfect fourth (4:3) is 3, but the just minor tone (10:9) has a limit of 5, because 10 can be factored into 2 × 5 (and
List_of_pitch_intervals
Regular tuning among guitars
Major-thirds tuning is closely related to minor-sixths tuning, which is the regular tuning that is based on the minor sixth, the interval of eight semitones.
Major_thirds_tuning
Categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds
thirds and minor sixths minor thirds and major sixths Dissonances may include: Dissonance major seconds and minor sevenths tritones minor seconds and
Consonance_and_dissonance
Musical interval
inversion is the diminished fourth, and its enharmonic equivalent is the minor sixth. The augmented fifth only began to make an appearance at the beginning
Augmented_fifth
Musical interval
augmented sixth is equal to ten semitones, and is both nominally and audibly dissonant. An augmented sixth (A6) is enharmonically equivalent to a minor seventh
Augmented_sixth
Term used in Western music and music theory
a diminished sixth is a chromatic semitone narrower than the minor sixth: starting with the interval from B to G, which is a minor sixth, eight semitones
Diminution
Polyphonic music with separate melodies
octave, as well as the major and minor second, major and minor third, and ascending minor sixth. The ascending minor sixth must be immediately followed by
Counterpoint
Musical interval encompassing three half steps
harmonic series as the interval between the fifth and sixth harmonics, or from the 19th harmonic. The minor third is commonly used to express sadness in music
Minor_third
Scales used in Japanese traditional music
scale with the intervals of the scale a major second, minor third, perfect fifth and minor sixth. Akebono scale Hirajōshi scale In scale Insen scale Iwato
Japanese_musical_scales
Raga in Hindustani classical music
of the Indian musical scale) of Lalit put emphasis on the minor second (Re) and minor sixth (Dha), and include natural and sharp fourth (Ma), but omit
Lalit_(raga)
Chord made of a tertian triad and a miscellaneous fourth note
tonic in jazz. The minor 6/9 chord is a minor triad with an added sixth and ninth, evoking the Dorian mode and is also suitable as a minor tonic in jazz.
Added_tone_chord
Smallest piccolo clarinet still in current use
and pitched a minor seventh higher, a perfect fourth higher than the E♭ clarinet. As a transposing instrument it sounds a minor sixth higher than written
A-flat_clarinet
American folk song
character Zip Coon. "Zip Coon" has a vocal range of an octave and a minor sixth. Both the verse and the chorus end on the tonic, and both begin a major
Turkey_in_the_Straw
Wind instrument
have a range of between an octave plus a fourth and an octave plus a minor sixth. Pendants: English Pendant – These are usually very small and portable
Ocarina
Musical interval
quarter tone. This just ratio is also the difference between a minor third (6:5) and septimal minor third (7:6). Composer Ben Johnston, to accommodate the just
Quarter_tone
Sound effect
specifically, the chord that opens the "Infernal Dance" section, pitched down a minor sixth. It was sampled by David Vorhaus. Music magazine The Wire suggests that
Orchestra_hit
Sequence of frequencies
equal-tempered minor third (play), since they approximate a just perfect fifth (play) and just minor third (play), respectively. The just minor third appears
Harmonic_series_(music)
Musical interval
these are equivalent to the tritone (or augmented fourth), and the minor sixth, respectively. Equal tempered Just Problems playing these files? See
Perfect_fifth
System for naming chords
6 is particularly common in a minor sixth chord (also known as minor/major sixth chord, as the 6 refers to a major sixth interval). It is possible to have
Chord_notation
Heptatonic music scale
scale and the minor scale, the Hungarian major has a major third and sixth degree and the Hungarian minor has a minor third and minor sixth degree (however
Hungarian_major_scale
Type of musical chord
an augmented sixth C–E♭–G–A♯. Rearranging and transposing, this gives A♭–C♭–E♭–F♯, a virtual minor version of the German augmented sixth chord. Again
Minor_seventh_chord
Class of wooden bowed stringed instruments
standing or sitting on a stool, with a range that typically reaches a minor sixth, an octave or a ninth below the cello's. The top of the instrument, crafted
Violin_family
Profession
common to assess perfect fifths and fourths, major and minor thirds, and major and minor sixths, often playing the intervals in an ascending or descending
Piano_tuning
Musical interval
A sixth tone is a musical interval approximately one-third of a half-step (33.3 cents), thus producing 36 pitches per octave. Septimal sixth tone Varieties
Sixth_tone
Type of musical scale and characteristic behaviors
a minor seventh. The Aeolian mode is identical to the natural minor scale. The Dorian mode corresponds to the natural minor scale with a major sixth. The
Mode_(music)
Set of notes played on a guitar
G and B strings. For example, if the note E (the open sixth string) is played over the A minor chord, then the chord would be [0 0 2 2 1 0]. This has
Guitar_chord
Musical scale with unusual steps
second, half Or, in relation to the tonic note minor second, major third, perfect fourth and fifth, minor sixth, major seventh, octave However, this scale
Double_harmonic_scale
Major and minor scales with same key signature
and conversely F major is the relative major of D minor. The tonic of the relative minor is the sixth scale degree of the major scale, while the tonic
Relative_key
Scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode
and minor seventh) (whole-tone scale plus major sixth) Lydian minor; F7 (add 9, ♯11, and ♭13) (Mixolydian mode with augmented fourth and minor sixth) (whole-tone
Major_Locrian_scale
Top-to-bottom rearrangement of a musical interval, chord, or melody
root now shifted an octave higher), forming the intervals of a minor third and a minor sixth above the inverted bass of E, respectively. In the second inversion
Inversion_(music)
Musical interval
compromises in meantone temperament. The difference between the minor third and the tone is the minor semitone or limma of 256/243. The difference between the
Pythagorean_interval
Authentic Gregorian mode
of: root, minor second, minor third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, minor sixth, minor seventh, and octave. Alternatively, it can be written as the pattern
Phrygian_mode
Musical interval
used quite readily in the minor key, where it is present in the harmonic minor scale between the seventh scale step and the sixth scale step in the octave
Diminished_seventh
Method of tuning a musical instrument
equivalent to a fifth, is more properly called a diminished sixth (d6). Similarly, 9 minor thirds (m3) are ≈ 294.135 cents (300 − 3ε), 3 augmented seconds
Pythagorean_tuning
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2026_Minor_League_Cricket_season
Chords used in jazz music
semitones above the root ♭6 = minor sixth = 8 semitones above the root 6 = major sixth = 9 semitones above the root 7 = minor seventh = 10 semitones above
Jazz_chord
Musical interval
(4/5) is the same as a descending octave (1/2) followed by an ascending minor sixth (8/5). Namely, (4/5) = (1/2) × (8/5). Therefore, the above-mentioned
Syntonic_comma
Musical interval
is a third spanning four half steps or two whole steps. Along with the minor third, the major third is one of two commonly occurring thirds. It is described
Major_third
Very small interval arising from discrepancies in tuning
and diminished sixth, or minor sixth and augmented fifth, or major sixth and diminished seventh, or minor seventh and augmented sixth, or major seventh
Comma_(music)
1977 song by Pink Floyd
with the minor sixth heard first at the top of the chord, in an A(add♭6), and later, as its bass note (in a progression of A, A/F, A/E, to D minor). After
Dogs_(Pink_Floyd_song)
Musical mode
tonic, it is a minor triad. The modern Dorian mode is equivalent to the natural minor scale (or the Aeolian mode) but with a major sixth. The modern Dorian
Dorian_mode
Musical compound interval
of an octave plus a third. Like a third, a tenth is typically major or minor but can also have other chord qualities, like being augmented or diminished
Tenth_(interval)
fourth, sixth, minor sixth, ninth, minor ninth, major ninth, ninth sharp fifth, ninth flat fifth, seventh flat ninth, seventh sharp ninth, sixth add ninth
Mel Bay's Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords
Mel_Bay's_Deluxe_Encyclopedia_of_Guitar_Chords
Gaming generation from 1998 to 2013
In the history of video games, the sixth generation era (in rare occasions called the 128-bit era; see "bits and system power" below) is the era of computer
Sixth generation of video game consoles
Sixth_generation_of_video_game_consoles
Plagal Gregorian mode
the perfect fourth or fifth below the tonic to the perfect fifth or minor sixth above. The name Hypophrygian originates in an octave species of ancient
Hypophrygian_mode
Basic musical interval
a minor third (6:5). In fact, it is the spacing between the minor and major thirds, sixths, and sevenths (but not necessarily the major and minor second)
Semitone
Musical concepts
the intervals of a second, third, sixth, and seventh (and the compound intervals based on them) may be major or minor (or, rarely, diminished or augmented)
Major_and_minor
Musical tuning system
(such as A D G C) produce a just minor third (A C) of ratio 6 / 5 , which is one syntonic comma wider than the minor third resulting from Pythagorean
Meantone_temperament
Musical interval
voicing, a major triad with an added major sixth is usually called a sixth chord Play, because the sixth serves as a substitution for the major seventh
Thirteenth_(interval)
Interval content of a given set in musical set theory
right. That is: minor seconds/major sevenths (1 or 11 semitones) major seconds/minor sevenths (2 or 10 semitones) minor thirds/major sixths (3 or 9 semitones)
Interval_vector
Musical interval
Enharmonically equivalent to a compound minor third, if transposed into a single octave, it becomes a minor third or major sixth. Augmented octave Augmented unison
Ninth_(interval)
Technique of using a chord in place of another in a progression of chords
for the original chord, for example the minor sixth for the major seventh, or the major seventh for the minor. The diminished seventh chord is often used
Chord_substitution
Musical tuning system of 53 pitches
major third are distinguished, as are the Pythagorean minor third (semiditone) and just minor third. The fact that the syntonic comma is not tempered
53_equal_temperament
Musical interval
purely consonant major chord (root position) with an added minor seventh (or augmented sixth, depending on the tuning system used). Although the word seventh
Harmonic_seventh
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Meanings of minor-planet names: 3001–4000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_3001–4000
Sequence of notes that results from inverting the intervals of the overtone series
C A♭ F The undertone series in C contains the F minor triad. Elizabeth Godley argued that the minor triad is also implied by the undertone series and
Undertone_series
Musical tuning system with 19 pitches per octave
steps arose naturally out of Renaissance music theory. Four just intonated minor thirds (i.e. 6/5 to the power of four) is 62.565 cents sharper than an octave;
19_equal_temperament
1969 composition by James Tenney
twelve and fifteen rising at any time and fading in and out, entering a minor sixth below their predecessors (Polansky 2003; Wannamaker 2021). The concept
For_Ann_(rising)
Musical interval
interval produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from A to C is a minor third, three semitones wide, and
Diminished_third
Harmonic grouping of notes
intervals. The four basic triad qualities are major, minor, diminished, and augmented. Major and minor chords derive from the quality of their thirds. Diminished
Chord_(music)
Musical chord
dominant seventh chord, or major minor seventh chord, is a seventh chord composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh; thus it is a major
Dominant_seventh_chord
Aspect of music
is the major second and minor seventh, followed by the tritone, the minor third (major sixth), the major third (minor sixth) and the perfect fourth (fifth)
Harmony
Final three piano sonatas by Franz Schubert (1828)
section beginning in E♭ major colored by its own minor sixth and modulating to G♭ major via the parallel minor. This movement is written in 6 8 and in tarantella
Schubert's_last_sonatas
Musical scale
the sixth and seventh degrees. Thus, a harmonic minor scale is represented by the following notation: 1, 2, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭6, 7, 8 A harmonic minor scale
Harmonic_minor_scale
Microtonal tuning system in music
The tuning has poor matches to both the 9:8 and 10:9 intervals (major and minor tone in just intonation); however, it has a good match for the average of
31_equal_temperament
Adjusting pitches of guitar strings
provides open major and minor thirds, open major and minor sixths, fifths, and octaves. By contrast, most open major or open minor tunings provide only octaves
Guitar_tunings
Musical interval
match to this interval. The septimal major sixth, 12/7, is the inverse of this interval. The septimal minor third may be derived in the harmonic series
Septimal_minor_third
Musical interval
various modes of the harmonic minor and double harmonic scales. In harmonic minor, the augmented second occurs between the sixth and seventh scale degrees
Augmented_second
2000 studio album by A-ha
Minor Earth Major Sky (stylised as minor earth | major sky) is the sixth studio album by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha, released on 14 April 2000 by WEA
Minor_Earth_Major_Sky
1960 jazz composition by John Coltrane
end, "Giant Steps" follows alternating modulations of major third and minor sixth intervals (with diminished fourth and augmented fifth intervals between
Giant_Steps_(composition)
Ancient region
indigenous population of Scythia Minor was Thracian and their material culture is apparent archaeologically into the sixth century. Roman villas have also
Scythia_Minor
corresponds to extended-quarter-comma meantone ... the 5:4 ratio [whose] extended-sixth-comma meantone corresponds to the 55 division ... extended-fifth-comma meantone
List_of_meantone_intervals
Hip hop side project of Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda said there is a possibility for a new Fort Minor album after Linkin Park's sixth studio album, which was planned for release in 2014. In
Fort_Minor
of minor thirds is lost. The septimal quarter tone may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth harmonics
Septimal_quarter_tone
Piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
other, wider intervals such as the falling fifth in bar 5 and the rising minor sixth in bar 7. Bars 1–2 are present in various shapes throughout the first
Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven)
Piano_Sonata_No._30_(Beethoven)
Minor key and scale based on the note D
often reserved the key of D minor for compositions he saw as being of a noble character; the Violin Concerto, the Sixth Symphony, and the string quartet
D_minor
Musical scale with a 96-step octave
minor third and major sixth. 96-EDO contains all of the 12-EDO modes. However, it contains better approximations to some intervals (such as the minor
96_equal_temperament
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