Diminished seventh

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.

Synonyms

minor seventh diminished octave major seventh diminished third diminished second diminished ninth diminished fourth diminished seventh chord diminished fifth minor sixth augmented seventh major sixth

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