Augmented third

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Augmented third
Inversediminished sixth
Name
Other names-
AbbreviationA3[1]
Size
Semitones5
Interval class5
Just interval125:96,[2] 21:16, 64:49
Cents
12-Tone equal temperament500
24-Tone equal temperament500
Just intonation457

In classical music from Western culture, an augmented third (<phonos file="Fourth_ET.ogg">Play</phonos>) is an interval of five semitones. It may be produced by widening a major third by a chromatic semitone.[1][3] For instance, the interval from C to E is a major third, four semitones wide, and both the intervals from C to E, and from C to E are augmented thirds, spanning five semitones.

<score sound>

{ \override Score.TimeSignature

  1. 'stencil = ##f
   \relative c' {
       \time 4/4
       \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 1 = 20
       <ces e>1 <c? eis>
   }

} </score>

Being augmented, it is considered a dissonant interval.[4]

Its inversion is the diminished sixth, and its enharmonic equivalent is the perfect fourth.

The just augmented third, E, is 456.99 cents or 125:96. <phonos file="Just augmented third on C.mid">Play</phonos> The Pythagorean augmented third, E+++, is 521.51 cents or 177147:131072, eleven just perfect fifths. <phonos file="Pythagorean augmented third on C.mid">Play</phonos>

References

  1. ^ a b Benward & Saker (2003). Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I, p.54. Template:ISBN.
  2. ^ Haluska, Jan (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, p.xxvi. Template:ISBN. Classic augmented third.
  3. ^ Hoffmann, F.A. (1881). Music: Its Theory & Practice, p.89-90. Thurgate & Sons. Digitized Aug 16, 2007. Archaically: superfluous third.
  4. ^ Benward & Saker (2003), p.92.

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