English Explanatory Dictionary

diminished fourth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

diminished fourth diminished fourths

Related words

perfect fourth augmented fourth major third
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