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Minor sixth information


minor sixth
Inversemajor third
Name
Other namesminor hexachord, hexachordon minus, lesser hexachord
Abbreviationm6
Size
Semitones8
Interval class4
Just interval8:5, 128:81, 11:7
Cents
12-Tone equal temperament800
Just intonation814, 792, 782
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Pythagorean minor sixth on C Play, four Pythagorean perfect fifths.

In Western classical music, a minor sixth is a musical interval encompassing six staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and is one of two commonly occurring sixths (the other one being the major sixth). It is qualified as minor because it is the smaller of the two: the minor sixth spans eight semitones, the major sixth nine. For example, the interval from A to F is a minor sixth, as the note F lies eight semitones above A, and there are six staff positions from A to F. Diminished and augmented sixths span the same number of staff positions, but consist of a different number of semitones (seven and ten respectively).

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