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Noun
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A type of tritone in musical composition comprising six semitones. 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.

See Also
semitone semidiapente augmented fourth augmented fifth diatonic scale musical tritone diminished seventh chord
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Rhyming Words
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