minor sixth (English, noun)
expansion: minor sixth (plural minor sixths)
Senses:
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music
glosses: A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 8:5. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a major sixth. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eight semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented fifth.
Forms:
form: minor sixths
tags: plural