minor third

English

Noun

minor third (plural minor thirds)

1. (music) A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.

   Coordinate term: major third

   Alternative form: (abbreviation) m3

Translations

musical interval

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小三度 (zh) (xiǎosāndù)

• Dutch: kleine terts (nl) m or f
• Finnish: pieni terssi
• French: tierce mineure (fr) f
• German: kleine Terz f
• Hungarian: kisterc
• Japanese: 短三度 (ja) (たんさんど, tansando)
• Russian: ма́лая те́рция f (málaja tɛ́rcija)
• Swedish: sänkt ters c, mollters c