Major Sixth
An interval spanning nine semitones, often described as warm, open, and gently uplifting.
Category
intervals
Pronunciation
/ˈmeɪdʒə sɪksθ/
Origin
Latin (sextus, sixth)
Length
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About Major Sixth
The major sixth is the distance from C to A, or from D to B, and it is one of the wider consonant intervals. Its sound is warm and optimistic without the brightness of a major third or the gravity of a perfect fifth.
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Minor SixthAn interval spanning eight semitones, with a bittersweet quality often used in expressive melodic writing.
Perfect FourthAn interval spanning five semitones, historically treated as both consonant and dissonant depending on context.
FifthThe interval spanning five scale degrees, most commonly the perfect fifth.
ThirdAn interval spanning three diatonic scale degrees
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