Perfect-fourth Definition

noun

A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of five semitones and spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented third.

The perfect fourth has a pitch ratio close to 4:3.
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Singular:
perfect-fourth
Plural:
perfect-fourths

Origin of Perfect-fourth

  • The word "perfect" refers to the fact that so-called "perfect intervals" are neither major nor minor.

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