third
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6.4
- noun
- /θɜrd/
- Specialized
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tercera
- When your students have mastered melodic thirds, they are ready to begin singing harmonic intervals.
- major third
- minor third
- sing in thirds
There's the flat file, flat third into the natural third.
- There's the flat file, flat third into the natural third.
- Everyone loves the major thirds da da, just like that.
Examples
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When a song begins on the tonic or third degree, the harmony is sung a third above the melody.
Academic text (1997) -
Start on a minor third.
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The high E string on the guitar is actually a major third above middle C.
Academic text (2010) -
Altos, I want you to do a third above that.
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Everyone loves the major thirds da da, just like that.
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The altos are singing, in most cases, a choice part which lies usually a third below the melody.
Academic text (2008) -
He can hear that there's a major third interval between the two chords.
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In a traditional triad, the root note is accompanied by a major third and a perfect fifth.
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When composing harmony, a major third creates a bright and pleasing sound between the notes.
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As she played the scale, she emphasized the major third interval between the first and the fourth notes.
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
34
2.9
Words that talk about people or things besides the speaker and the listener
- Slur
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7.2
Less rich countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, now often seen as offensive
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3.1
A baseball player who stands near third base and catches and throws balls hit there
- Slur
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4.7
A country with low income and few services like hospitals or clean water
- Specialized
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4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- US
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3.0
A white square on the field at the third corner that a runner must touch to score
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4.1
When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
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3.9
Every force causes an equal force in the opposite direction
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4.2
Every push on an object causes an equal push back in the opposite direction
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8.0
A narrow space in the middle of the brain that holds fluid and connects to another brain cavity below
- Specialized
A planet's orbit time squared increases with its average distance from the Sun cubed
A major 1761 battle near Panipat where Ahmad Shah Abdali beat the Marathas
A major World War I battle in 1917 at Passchendaele known for mud and many deaths
Major World War I battle in May 1918 near the Aisne River when German troops made a large attack
- US
A nickname for the Great Lakes region around Lake Michigan, seen as a coast like the East or West coast
A short letter in the New Testament addressed to Gaius and linked to John the Apostle
- Archaic
Common people in France who are not nobles or priests before the French Revolution
- Specialized
A small part on top of the head in some reptiles that senses changes in light
A church council in 680 and 681 that says Christ has a divine will and a human will
A military expedition from 1189 to 1192 to try to retake Jerusalem from Muslim forces
- Jargon
A group that tries to influence politicians and government decisions, often by lobbying
A church meeting in 1179 at the Lateran in Rome that condemned some religious groups and made church reforms
- Specialized
A law saying the disorder of a perfect crystal goes to zero at absolute zero
- Specialized
A part of a cow's or sheep's stomach that takes in water and nutrients from food
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Third comes from the old root of three, which means 'three'. In music a 'third' is two notes that are three steps apart, so the name tells you how far the notes are from each other.