Minor-sixth Definition
noun
(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of eight semitones and spanning six degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major sixth and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented fifth.
The minor sixth has a pitch ratio close to 27:17.
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Plural:
minor-sixths
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