English Dictionary

major sixth

名詞

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

日本語の意味

(音楽) 西洋の十二平均律における音程で、9半音を含み、ダイアトニック音階上で6つの度をまたぐ。これは、小六度より1半音大きく、減七度と同音異名の関係にある。

When he transposed the melody up a major sixth, the passage took on a brighter, more expansive character.

彼が旋律を長六度上に移調したとき、そのフレーズはより明るく、より広がりのある表情になった。

意味（1）

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

The major sixth has a pitch ratio close to 27:16.

major sixths （ plural ）