major sixth
Noun
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Noun
major sixth (plural major sixths)
- (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a minor sixth and enharmonically equivalent to a diminished seventh.
- The major sixth has a pitch ratio close to 27:16.
- M6
- Russian: больша́я се́кста
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