sixth
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4.3
- noun
- /sɪksθ/
- Specialized
:
sexta
- When students can sing in thirds, they can easily sing in sixths.
- thirds and sixths
- minor sixth
- parallel thirds and sixths
Examples
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Directors often make the incorrect assumption that second parts written in parallel thirds or sixths with the melody are appropriate starting points for part-singing.
Academic text (2000) -
The pitches of a harmony sung in thirds are exactly the same as when sung in sixths; only the placement changes.
Academic text (1997) -
The sixth doesn't have a drum part.
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Typically, teachers introduce singing in thirds before sixths.
Academic text (1997) -
The repertoire can remain the same because any song harmonized in thirds can also be harmonized in sixths.
Academic text (1997) -
Begin with short two-part pentatonic patterns to tune consonant intervals, such as major and minor thirds, sixths, and perfect fourths and fifths.
Academic text (1997) -
When harmonizing a melody, you can create a rich sound by singing in sixths.
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In music classes, students learn to identify the sixth interval by comparing it to the first note.
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Singing in sixths adds depth to the overall harmony in a choral arrangement.
Synonyms
An interval that spans six notes in a musical scale
Compounds
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7.6
A natural feeling that tells you things without using sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
- Specialized
A part of the body that controls an eye muscle to move the eye outward
A Crusade in 1228 and 1229 when Emperor Frederick II got control of Jerusalem by talks not fighting
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The musical sixth gets its name from the number six because it spans six notes, so it means the distance between the first and the sixth note.