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In classical music, a third is a musical interval encompassing three staff positions, and the major third is a third spanning four semitones. Wikipedia

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In classical music, a third is a musical interval encompassing three staff positions, and the major third is a third spanning four semitones. Wikipedia

A third spanning four semitones Wikipedia Disambiguation

Musical interval Wikidata

A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of four semitones and spanning three degrees of the diatonic scale. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad. It is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth. Wiktionary

Interval of four semitones. Wiktionary (translation)

The major third has a pitch ratio close to 34:27. Wiktionary

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third

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semitone

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augmented seventh chord

Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord

dominant seventh flat five chord

major chord

major seventh chord