augmented fifth

English

Noun

augmented fifth (plural augmented fifths)

1. (music) A musical interval made by widening a perfect fifth by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eight semitones, spans five degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a minor sixth.

   An augmented fifth on C
   

   

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ylinouseva kvartti

See also

• perfect fifth
• minor sixth