Minor third

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Minor third
Inverse
major sixth
Name
Other namessesquitone
Abbreviationm3
Size
Semitones3
Interval class3
Just interval6:5, 19:16, 32:27[1]
Cents
12-Tone equal temperament300
Just intonation316, 298, 294
Minor third
equal tempered
just (6:5)
19th harmonic (19:16), E19♭
Comparison, in cents, of intervals at or near a minor third
Jazz and rock bassist Joseph Patrick Moore introducing a cycle of minor thirds

In

skip
melodically.

Notable examples of ascending minor thirds include the opening two notes of "Greensleeves" and of "Light My Fire".

The minor third may be derived from the 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, and research shows that this mirrors its use in speech, as a tone similar to a minor third is produced during sad speech.

Otonality and Utonality
.)

The

scale degrees
. Minor chords too take their name from the presence of this interval built on the chord's root (provided that the interval of a perfect fifth from the root is also present or implied).

A minor third, in

twentieth harmonic (four octaves and major third above the fundamental) in the first horn part three times.[5]

Other pitch ratios are given related names, the septimal minor third with ratio 7:6 and the tridecimal minor third with ratio 13:11 in particular.

The minor third is classed as an imperfect consonance and is considered one of the most consonant intervals after the unison, octave, perfect fifth, and perfect fourth.

The

A clarinet
, sound a minor third lower than the written pitch.

Pythagorean minor third

Semiditone as two octaves minus three justly tuned fifths
Semiditone (32:27) on C

In

justly tuned major scale between the 2nd and 4th degrees (in the C major scale, between D and F).[7] Playⓘ

It can be thought of as two

Pythagorean major sixth.[citation needed
]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-8247-4714-3
    . 19th harmonic, overtone minor tone.
  2. PMID 20515223
    .
  3. ISBN 9781317614203
    . "The minor third, however, does not appear in the harmonic series until the nineteenth harmonic. Your ear almost expects to hear the major third ([on A:] C♯), and when that is replaced with a more distantly related note, this makes the listener feel more 'unpleasant', 'tense', or 'sad'."
  4. ISBN 1-143-49451-2
    .
  5. ^ Prout, Ebenezer (December 1, 1908). "In the Forecourts of Instrumentation", The Monthly Musical Record. p. 268.
  6. ^ John Fonville. "Ben Johnston's Extended Just Intonation – A Guide for Interpreters", p. 124, Perspectives of New Music, vol. 29, no. 2 (Summer 1991), pp. 106-137.
  7. ^ Paul, Oscar (1885). A manual of harmony for use in music-schools and seminaries and for self-instruction, p. 165. Theodore Baker, trans. G. Schirmer.
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