diminished fourth

noun

diminished fourth

noun
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A musical interval made by narrowing a perfect fourth by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four semitones, spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major third.

Related terms
perfect fourth, augmented fourth, major third

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