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diminished fifths

diminished fifths is the plural of diminished fifth.

Meaning of diminished fifth

Noun

diminished fifth (plural diminished fifths)

  1. A type of tritone in musical composition formed by narrowing a perfect fifth by one chromatic semitones. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans five diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fifth but narrower by a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from an augmented fourth.
    • C - G is a perfect fifth, C - G♭ is a diminished fifth, and C - G# is an augmented fifth.
    Synonyms:
    flatted fifth

Questions about diminished fifths

What is diminished fifths the plural of?
Diminished fifths is the plural of diminished fifth.

Words near diminished fifths in the dictionary

  1. diminish
  2. diminishable
  3. diminished
  4. diminished capacity
  5. diminished fifth
  6. diminished fifths
  7. diminished fourth
  8. diminished fourths
  9. diminished interval
  10. diminished intervals
  11. diminished ninth

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