fifth
- noun
- /fɪfθ/
- Specialized
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quinta
- This small, four-stringed instrument, derived from the northern Portuguese province of Braga, was an eight-inch long guitar with four steel strings tuned in fifths.
- fourths and fifths
OK, I could keep the F# common and make it a sharp fifth.
- OK, I could keep the F# common and make it a sharp fifth.
- Then you don't want to go da, da, da, that's a perfect fifth.
- So you get used to the sound of what a fifth being in tune sounds like.
Examples
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One possible adaptation for the classroom is an accompaniment in parallel fourths or fifths, the traditional harmonization.
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Rodgers successfully made a number of songs sound Eastern through the use of open fifths.
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So you get used to the sound of what a fifth being in tune sounds like.
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So what exactly makes Beethoven's Fifth so captivating?
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So I'm playing this AC sharp DE over an EB perfect fifth in the left hand.
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So now when you listen to the Fifth Symphony, it goes da, da, da da da da da da da da da.
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Root motion down by fifths tends to drive the music forward toward the "goal" of the final I chord.
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Traditional harmonization of fourths, fifths, and octaves is suggested.
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Harmonies built on a series of fourths (quartal harmony) or fifths (quintal harmony) can provide a slightly less familiar context for a composition.
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In music theory, the interval known as a fifth spans from C to G, which are five notes apart.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Formal
19
8.3
To refuse to answer questions in court to avoid saying something that could make you look guilty
- Formal
5
7.5
Refuse to answer questions in court or by police to avoid saying you did something wrong
Compounds
1
4.7
A US legal right that protects people from forced testimony, being tried twice, and unfair legal process
- Specialized
A rule that says there is exactly one line through a point that is parallel to a given line
- Specialized
A main nerve in the face that carries feeling and controls chewing muscles
A Crusade from 1218 to 1221 where European Christians tried to take Jerusalem by attacking Egypt but failed
A council of Catholic leaders in Rome 1512–1517 that made church reforms and planned a crusade against the Turks
How Wide
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fifth in music comes from the idea of five steps, because the interval goes up five scale degrees from a note, which is why that interval is called a 'fifth'.