English Dictionary

diminished seventh

名詞

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.

日本語の意味

減七度：音楽理論における音程の一種で、西洋の十二平均律に基づき、九半音からなり、音階上で七つの音を跨ぐ。短七度（マイナーセブンス）より半音狭く、長六度と同音異名の関係にある。

The composer used a diminished seventh to heighten the tension before the final chorus.

作曲家は最終コーラスの前に緊張感を高めるために、減七度（9半音の音程で、短七度より半音狭く長六度と等音程のもの）を用いた。

意味（1）

(music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of nine semitones and spanning seven degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone narrower than a minor seventh and enharmonically equivalent to a major sixth.

diminished sevenths （ plural ）