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intervals from middle C
intervals from middle C Diminished, minor, major, perfect, and augmented intervals built on middle C.

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Professor of Music, Emeritus, Tufts University. Editor, International Alban Berg Society Newsletter, 1968-75; author of numerous articles on musical topics.
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interval, in music, the inclusive distance between one tone and another, whether sounded successively (melodic interval) or simultaneously (harmonic interval). In Western tonality, intervals are measured by their relationship to the diatonic scales in the major-minor system, by counting the lines and spaces between the given notes (always upward from the lower note). Simple intervals encompass one octave or less. Compound intervals are larger than the octave and are heard as expanded variants of their simple counterparts: a tenth (octave plus a third, such as C–C′–E′) is associated by the ear with a third (an interval encompassing three scale steps, ...(100 of 520 words)

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