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diminished octave

diminished octave noun: a musical interval in Western music formed by narrowing an octave by a chromatic semitone. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a perfect octave. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.

Noun

diminished octave (plural diminished octaves)

  1. A musical interval in Western music formed by narrowing an octave by a chromatic semitone. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a perfect octave. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.

Forms of diminished octave

pluraldiminished octaves

Questions about diminished octave

What does diminished octave mean?
Diminished octave means a musical interval in Western music formed by narrowing an octave by a chromatic semitone. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a perfect octave. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a major seventh.
What part of speech is diminished octave?
Diminished octave is a noun.
What is the plural of diminished octave?
The plural of diminished octave is diminished octaves.

Words near diminished octave in the dictionary

  1. diminished fourths
  2. diminished interval
  3. diminished intervals
  4. diminished ninth
  5. diminished ninths
  6. diminished octave
  7. diminished octaves
  8. diminished radix complement
  9. diminished radix complements
  10. diminished responsibility
  11. diminished second

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