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perfect fourth
noun[ C ]
music specializeduk /ˌpɜː.fekt ˈfɔːθ/ us /ˌpɝː.fekt ˈfɔːrθ/
a musical interval(= the amount by which one note is higher or lower than another) of five semitones(= the smallest differences in sound between two notes that are next to each other in the Western musical scale), such as C to F :
In the third position, the first finger plays the note a perfect fourth above the open string.
Harmony based on notes a perfect fourth apart has been used by composers for centuries.
Harmony made by grouping notes in perfect fourths will inevitably eliminate thirds.
The right hand begins an ascending series of ascending perfect fourths.
On C we have a perfect fourth below and an augmented fourth above.
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