- melody, and
vertical or
harmonic if it
pertains to
simultaneously sounding tones, such as in a chord. In
Western music,
intervals are most
commonly differences...
- The
harmonic series (also
overtone series) is the
sequence of
harmonics,
musical tones, or pure
tones whose frequency is an
integer multiple of a fundamental...
- the
harmonic series as the
interval between the
fourth and
fifth harmonics. The
major scale is so
named because of the
presence of this
interval between...
- harmony; the
underlying harmonic foundation for most
South Asian music is the drone, a held open
fifth interval (or
fourth interval) that does not alter...
- (-). An
unordered pitch interval can
describe a
harmonic interval but not a
melodic interval. Both
types of
pitch intervals describe octave information...
-
third may be
derived from the
harmonic series as the
interval between the
fifth and
sixth harmonics, or from the 19th
harmonic. The
minor third is commonly...
- than the
tonic as it is in
natural minor scales. The
intervals between the
notes of a
harmonic minor scale follow the
sequence below: whole, half, whole...
-
tritone is
defined as a
musical interval spanning three adjacent whole tones (six semitones). For instance, the
interval from F up to the B
above it (in...
- is
called a just interval. Just
intervals (and
chords created by
combining them)
consist of
tones from a
single harmonic series of an
implied fundamental...
- The
harmonic seventh interval, also
known as the
septimal minor seventh, or
subminor seventh, is one with an
exact 7:4 ratio (about 969 cents). This is...
