perfect fifths
Seven semitones apart
A perfect fifth is a musical interval spanning five notes of a diatonic scale—from C to G, for instance.
The interval sounds stable and consonant, fundamental to harmony across cultures.
Perfect fifths define the tuning of violins, violas, cellos, and mandolins, where adjacent strings are tuned a fifth apart.
In music theory, the "perfect" distinguishes this interval from diminished or augmented fifths.
Tensioned cords on bowed instrument
- cello stringsTensioned fibers producing orchestral bass
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
dulcimer · hurdy-gurdy · didgeridoo · natural horn · open tuning · drop D
Root-fifth guitar voicing
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- bourdonLow organ stop
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- dominantHaving superior influence
tonic · resolution · consonance · stability · resonance · fundamental
Eight-note interval
- fourthOrdinal for position four
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- thirdPosition number three
- sixthPosition number six
seventh · tritone · semitone · whole tone · diatonic · chromatic · enharmonic · ascending
Of ancient Greek mathematics
- equal temperamentUniform pitch division system
- centsDollar subdivisions
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- well-temperedHaving steady composure
violin strings
Tensioned cords on bowed instrument
- cello stringsTensioned fibers producing orchestral bass
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
guitar · dulcimer · hurdy-gurdy · didgeridoo · natural horn · open tuning · drop D
power chord
Root-fifth guitar voicing
dominant · tonic · resolution · consonance · stability · resonance · fundamental
octave
Eight-note interval
sixth · seventh · tritone · semitone · whole tone · diatonic · chromatic · enharmonic · ascending · descending
Pythagorean
Of ancient Greek mathematics
- equal temperamentUniform pitch division system
- centsDollar subdivisions
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
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