English Explanatory Dictionary

perfect twelfth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The interval between the first and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans nineteen semitones or twelve degrees of the diatonic scale.

Word forms

perfect twelfth perfect twelfths

Synonyms

tritave

Related words

perfect fifth
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