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sixte

sixte

9.9
An interval that spans six notes in a musical scale
  • noun
  • /sɪksˈti/
  • Archaic
translation icon : sexta
  • In early music theory, the term sixte was commonly used for the interval of a sixth.

Examples

  • The harmony between the two voices formed a perfect sixte in the final chord.

  • The composer used a sixte to create a sense of tension in the melody.

  • A sixte sounds beautiful.

  • The sixte in that song is lovely!

  • The composer used a sixte to create a sense of tension in the melody.

  • In early music theory, the term sixte was commonly used for the interval of a sixth.

  • The harmony between the two voices formed a perfect sixte in the final chord.

Synonyms

sixth
vssixte
  • Specialized
1 4.3

The distance in pitch between notes six steps apart in a scale

is an archaic or specialist form rather than the common modern term

Surface Forms

sixte singular
sixtes plural

Etymology

Sixte comes from the Latin word sexta meaning 'sixth' and is related to the number six. In early music, intervals were named by number, so the 'sixth' interval was called a sixte, which is why the word names the musical interval that spans six steps in a scale.