third
1
6.4
- noun
- /θɜrd/
- Specialized
- When your students have mastered melodic thirds, they are ready to begin singing harmonic intervals.
- major third
- minor third
- sing in thirds
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- 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
- Slur
138
7.2
Less rich countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, now often seen as offensive
- Slur
48
4.7
A country with low income and few services like hospitals or clean water
- Specialized
25
2.9
Words that talk about people or things besides the speaker and the listener
- US
23
3.0
A white square on the field at the third corner that a runner must touch to score
21
3.1
A baseball player who stands near third base and catches and throws balls hit there
- Specialized
17
4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- Specialized
3
4.1
When one object pushes another, the other object pushes back equally
- Specialized
1
9.8
A small part on top of the head in some reptiles that senses changes in light
- Specialized
1
4.2
Every push on an object causes an equal push back in the opposite direction
- Specialized
1
3.9
Every force causes an equal force in the opposite direction
- Archaic
1
9.9
Common people in France who are not nobles or priests before the French Revolution
- Specialized
1
8.0
A narrow space in the middle of the brain that holds fluid and connects to another brain cavity below
- US
1
6.5
A nickname for the Great Lakes region around Lake Michigan, seen as a coast like the East or West coast
1
9.9
A military expedition from 1189 to 1192 to try to retake Jerusalem from Muslim forces
- Specialized
1
9.0
A planet's orbit time squared increases with its average distance from the Sun cubed
1
9.9
A church meeting in 1179 at the Lateran in Rome that condemned some religious groups and made church reforms
- Specialized
1
7.4
A law saying the disorder of a perfect crystal goes to zero at absolute zero
A church council in 680 and 681 that says Christ has a divine will and a human will
1
9.9
A major World War I battle in 1917 at Passchendaele known for mud and many deaths
- Specialized
1
9.1
A part of a cow's or sheep's stomach that takes in water and nutrients from food
- Jargon
1
9.1
A group that tries to influence politicians and government decisions, often by lobbying
Major World War I battle in May 1918 near the Aisne River when German troops made a large attack
1
8.1
A short letter in the New Testament addressed to Gaius and linked to John the Apostle
A major 1761 battle near Panipat where Ahmad Shah Abdali beat the Marathas
How Wide
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.