quinte
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- noun
- /kwɪnˈteɪ/
- Archaic
- The teacher explained how a quinte differs from other musical intervals.
Examples
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In Baroque music, composers often used the quinte to create harmonic tension.
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Can you play a quinte on the piano?
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The choir sang a beautiful quinte that resonated through the hall.
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The quinte is often used in classical compositions.
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The composer incorporated a quinte in the final movement to elevate the piece's emotional climax.
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During the lesson, the student learned to identify a quinte as one of the fundamental musical intervals.
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You can hear the distinctive sound of a quinte when the guitarist strums two notes five steps apart.
Synonyms
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5.8
Distance between two musical notes when one is five notes higher
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A musical distance of five notes that sounds open and strong
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Etymology
Quinte comes from the Latin quintus, which means 'fifth', and in music a quinte is the distance of five notes, that is a 'fifth', so the name explains the interval it describes.