perfect fourth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale. In the Western twelve-semitone system, it consists of five standard semitones.

Word forms

perfect fourth perfect fourths

Etymology

The word perfect refers to intervals that are neither major nor minor.

Synonyms

P4
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