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major third
noun[ C ]
music specializeduk /ˌmeɪ.dʒə ˈθɜːd/ us /ˌmeɪ.dʒɚ ˈθɝːd/
a musical interval(= amount by which one note is higher or lower than another) of four semitones (= the smallest difference in sound between two notes that are next to each other in the Western musical scale):
The music consistently rises and falls in major third intervals.
To create an Am7 just flatten all the major third notes.
Since the major third is naturally lively, everything which is major or augmented will have this property.
The intervals of the major second and third form an integral component of this song from the Afro-Cuban tradition.
Despite the difference of a fifth in clefs, the voice shifts by only a major third between the two groups of pieces.
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