| NOUN | an interval of a third | intervals of a third |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Generally it refers to a pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped "from" (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped "to", and then by motion in the opposite direction, and where either the note skipped "from" is distinguished as a dissonance or the note skipped "to" is distinguished as a non-harmonic or non-chordal tone.
- In practice, however, it continued to be used as a consonance when supported by the interval of a third or fifth in a lower voice.
- A "skip" is an interval of a third or fourth. (See Steps and skips.) An interval of a fifth or larger is referred to as a "leap".
- For the standard tuning, there is exactly one interval of a third between the second and third strings, and all the other intervals are fourths.
- Some of the congregation may sing at the interval of a third above the others, and sometimes a few of the women will add a fourth below, producing a constant second-inversion triad.
- Two notes can also be numbered in relation to each other: C and E create an interval of a third (in this case a major third); D and F also create a third (in this case a minor third).
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