minor seventh
English
Noun
minor seventh (plural minor sevenths)
- (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of ten semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a major seventh and enharmonically equivalent to an augmented sixth.
- The minor seventh has a pitch ratio close to 57:32.
Abbreviations
- m7
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