MUSICAL INTERVAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musical interval mean? 

• MUSICAL INTERVAL (noun)
  The noun MUSICAL INTERVAL has 1 sense:

1. the difference in pitch between two notes

  Familiarity information: MUSICAL INTERVAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSICAL INTERVAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The difference in pitch between two notes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

interval; musical interval

Hypernyms ("musical interval" is a kind of...):

musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musical interval"):

step; tone; whole step; whole tone (a musical interval of two semitones)

half step; semitone (the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument)

quarter-tone; quarter tone (half of a semitone)

musical octave; octave (a musical interval of eight tones)

third (the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it)

fourth (the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it)

fifth (the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it)

sixth (the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it)

seventh (the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it)