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    classical music from Western culture, a diminished third (Play) is the musical interval produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone. For instance...
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  • note, together with a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a minor seventh (1, ♭3, ♭5, ♭7). For example, the half-diminished seventh chord built on B, commonly...
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    abbreviations for diminished intervals are dX, such that a diminished third = d3. The diminished fifth (d5) is the only diminished interval that appears...
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    Intervals composed of two semitones, such as the major second and the diminished third, are also called tones, whole tones, or whole steps. In just intonation...
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  • consists of a diminished triad plus the diminished seventh above the root. These four notes form a stack of three intervals which are all minor thirds. Since...
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  • Tritone (redirect from Diminished fifth)
    a minor third give the fully diminished seventh chord its characteristic sound. In minor, the diminished triad (comprising two minor thirds, which together...
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  • root of a diminished triad. Example: (in the key of C major) B–D–F–A. A diminished seventh chord is made of three superimposed minor thirds (e.g., B–D–F–A♭)...
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  • major third Augmented third, an interval of five semitones Diminished third, produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone Third (chord)...
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  • practice period, the diminished triad is considered dissonant because of the diminished fifth (or tritone). In major scales, a diminished triad occurs only...
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  • Third interval may refer to one of the following musical intervals in equal-temperament tuning: major third minor third augmented third diminished third...
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  • augmented, ° or dim for diminished, ø for half diminished, and dom for dominant (the symbol − alone is not used for diminished). The main rules to decode...
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  • the augmented sixth chords to be inversions of the diminished triad and of dominant and diminished seventh chords with a lowered second degree (♭), and...
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    noticeably wider than a diminished interval but noticeably narrower than a minor interval. It is found in between a minor and diminished interval, thus making...
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  • introduced within the diminished third interval from E to G♭. The scale therefore shares with the Locrian mode the property of having a diminished fifth above the...
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    dim indicates a diminished chord, either a diminished triad or a diminished seventh chord (d is not used). ø indicates a half-diminished seventh chord....
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    same "diminished return", as if the principal input was changed certeris paribus. While considered "hard" inputs, like labour and assets, diminishing returns...
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    augmented, it is considered a dissonant interval. Its inversion is the diminished third, and its enharmonic equivalent is the minor seventh. In septimal meantone...
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    the diminished fourth is slightly wider than a major third, and is instead the same width as the septimal major third. The Pythagorean diminished fourth...
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  • combination has no name (half step cluster, with doubly diminished third and quintuply diminished fifth, spelled enharmonically) C D♭ E♭ [0,1,3] – Phyrigian...
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    from A to G♭ are diminished sevenths, spanning nine semitones. Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval. The diminished seventh is used...
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    intervals with the same frequency ratio can have different names (e.g., the diminished fifth and the augmented fourth); and with other forms of just intonation...
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    second, to the third, to the sixth, and to the seventh scale degrees of a major scale are called "major". Diminished and augmented thirds are shown on the...
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    semitone, and their difference, the interval from B♯ to C is a diminished second. Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval. In tuning systems...
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    minor third (rather than the major third, as in a major triad or major scale), and a perfect fifth (rather than the diminished fifth, as in a diminished scale...
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    intervals from A♯ to F, and from A to F♭ are diminished sixths, spanning seven semitones. Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval, despite...
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    C-vE-G-vB♭ (down7) Utonal tetrad: C-^E♭-G-^A (upminor6) Diminished triad: C-^E♭-G♭ (updim) Diminished triad: C-vE♭-G♭ (downdim) Subminor triad: C-vE♭-G (downminor)...
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  • has suffered diminished value. Unlike depreciation, which is an anticipated and predictable loss in value over time, ‘Inherent Diminished Value’ is a loss...
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  • At the end of the third tableau, the Petrushka chord appears with Petrushka but at A and E♭, which, with C and F♯, create a diminished seventh chord (0...
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  • The main chord qualities are: Major and minor Augmented, diminished, and half-diminished Dominant Some of the symbols used for chord quality are similar...
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  • In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke...
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