augmented fifth

noun

augmented fifth

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, 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 1
Related terms
perfect fifth, minor sixth

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