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diminished octaves

diminished octaves is the plural of diminished octave.

Meaning of diminished octave

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.

Questions about diminished octaves

What is diminished octaves the plural of?
Diminished octaves is the plural of diminished octave.

Words near diminished octaves in the dictionary

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

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