Minor third definitions

Minor third

1) Sad-sounding musical interval
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Minor third

In the music theory of Western culture, a minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones. Staff notation represents the minor third as encompassing three staff positions (see: interval number). The minor third is one of two commonly occurring thirds. It is called minor because it is the smaller of the two: the ma...
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Minor Third

In music a minor third is an interval of a tone and a half.
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