A minor second is the smallest of three commonly occuring musical intervals that span two diatonic scale degrees; the others being the major second and the augmented second, which are larger by one and two semitones respectively. The minor second is abbreviated as m2 and its inversion is the major seventh. In music theory, an interval is the difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes and often refers to those two notes themselves (otherwise known as a dyad). ... Jump to: navigation, search In music theory, a diatonic scale (from the Greek diatonikos, to stretch out) is a seven-note musical scale comprising five whole-tone and two half-tone steps, in which the half tones are maximally separated. ... Jump to: navigation, search A major second is one of three commonly occuring musical intervals that span two diatonic scale degrees; the others being the minor second, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented second, which is one semitone larger. ... The musical interval of a minor third is the relationship between the first note (the root or tonic) and the third note in a minor scale. ... The musical interval of a half step, semitone, or minor second is the relationship between the leading tone and the first note (the root or tonic) in a major scale. ... In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. ... The musical interval of a Major seventh the first note (the root or tonic) and the seventh, the leading tone, in a major scale. ...

A minor second in just intonation most often corresponds to a pitch ratio of 16/15 or 1:1.0666, or various other ratios, while in an equal tempered tuning a minor second is equal to one semitone, and is a ratio of 1:2^1/12 (approximately 1.059), or 100 cents, 11.731 cents flat of 16:15. Just intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by whole number ratios. ... Equal temperament is a scheme of musical tuning in which the octave is divided into a series of equal steps (equal frequency ratios). ... The cent is a unit in a logarithmic scale of relative pitch or intervals. ... Alternate uses: Flat (disambiguation) Figure 1. ...

Traditionally the minor second is considered the most dissonant interval after the tritone. Jump to: navigation, search Dissonance has several meanings, all related to conflict or incongruity. ... The augmented fourth between C and F# forms a tritone. ...

According to Carl Dahlhaus (1990), "as late at the 13th century the half step was experienced as a problematic interval not easily understood, as the irrational remainder between the perfect fourth and the ditone [4/3 / (9/8)² = 256/243!]." In a melodic half step, no "tendency was perceived of the lower tone toward the upper, or of the upper toward the lower. The second tone was not taken to be the 'goal' of the first. Instead, the half step was avoided in clausulas because it lacked clarity as an interval." Beginning in the 13th century cadences begin to require motion in one voice by half step and the other a whole step in contrary motion. Carl Dahlhaus (June 10, 1928- May 1989), a musicologist from Berlin, has been one of the major contributors to the development of musicology as a scholarly discipline during the post-war era. ... The musical interval of a ditone is literally two tones, whole tones or major seconds, often called a major third. ... In Western musical theory a cadence (Latin cadentia, a falling) is a particular series of intervals (a caesura) or chords that ends a phrase, section, or piece of music. ... In Western musical theory a cadence (Latin cadentia, a falling) is a particular series of intervals (a caesura) or chords that ends a phrase, section, or piece of music. ...

See also

• musical tuning
• major second
• logarithmic scale
• semitonium

This page is about musical systems of tuning, for the musical process of tuning see tuning. ... Jump to: navigation, search A major second is one of three commonly occuring musical intervals that span two diatonic scale degrees; the others being the minor second, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented second, which is one semitone larger. ... Value A logarithmic scale is a scale of measurement that gives the logarithm of a physical quantity instead of the quantity itself. ... In harmony, the semitonium is the ratio 17:16 — or 18:17 — between a pair of frequencies or, equivalently, the ratio 16:17 — or 17:18 — between a pair of wavelengths (or lengths of a monochord). ... The musical interval of a half step, semitone, or minor second is the relationship between the leading tone and the first note (the root or tonic) in a major scale. ... In music, specifically, musical set theory an interval class, or unordered pitch-class interval, is an interval measured by the distance between its two pitch classes ordered so they are as close as possible. ... The cent is a unit in a logarithmic scale of relative pitch or intervals. ... Equal temperament is a scheme of musical tuning in which the octave is divided into a series of equal steps (equal frequency ratios). ... In Music theory, the diatonic major scale (also known as the Guido scale), from the Greek diatonikos or to stretch out, is a fundamental building block of the European-influenced musical tradition. ... Just intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by whole number ratios. ... In music theory, an interval is the distance in pitch between two notes, the lower and higher members of the interval. ... UNISON logo UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom, with over 1. ... Jump to: navigation, search A major second is one of three commonly occuring musical intervals that span two diatonic scale degrees; the others being the minor second, which is one semitone smaller, and the augmented second, which is one semitone larger. ... Jump to: navigation, search A minor third is the smaller of two commonly occuring musical intervals that span three diatonic scale degrees. ... Jump to: navigation, search A major third is the larger of two commonly occuring musical intervals that span three diatonic scale degrees. ... The perfect fourth or diatessaron, abbreviated P4, is the interval between the first note (the root or tonic) and the fourth note (subdominant) in a major scale. ... The augmented fourth between C and F# forms a tritone. ... The musical interval of a perfect fifth is the relationship between the first note (the root or tonic) and the fifth note in a major scale. ... The musical interval of a minor sixth is the relationship between the first note (the root or tonic) and the sixth note in a minor scale. ... The musical interval of a major sixth is the relationship between the first note (the root or tonic) and the sixth note in a Major scale. ... The musical interval of a minor seventh the first note (the root or tonic) and the seventh in a minor scale. ... The musical interval of a Major seventh the first note (the root or tonic) and the seventh, the leading tone, in a major scale. ... In music, an octave (sometimes abbreviated 8ve or 8va) is the interval between one musical note and another with half or double the frequency. ...

Source

• Dahlhaus, Carl, trans. Gjerdingen, Robert O. (1990). Studies in the Origin of Harmonic Tonality. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691091358.

External Links

• Tonalsoft Encyclopaedia of Tuning