Music GCSE
Interval of a minor third
What Interval of a minor third means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Interval of a minor third
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Three semitones, the distance counted down from the major tonic to the relative minor tonic, or up from the minor tonic to the relative major tonic.
Topics that use Interval of a minor third
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Tonality (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cadences and modulation
- Effect of omitting semitone steps
- Interval calculation
- Interval recognition
- Key signatures
- Major and minor patterns
- Major scale construction
- Minor scale construction
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