diminished seventh (English, noun)
expansion: diminished seventh (plural diminished sevenths)
Senses:
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glosses: A musical interval equivalent to narrowing a minor seventh by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of nine semitones and spans seven degrees of the diatonic scale, is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.
Forms:
form: diminished sevenths
tags: plural