quinte
Definition of the French term quinte in music:
- fifth (interval of five degrees)
- fifth (the note a fifth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
- quinte (part in a string quintet played by one or more tenor violas)
- generic name for an organ mutation stop sounding a fifth above the note played, sometimes one or more octaves above (equivalent to "Fifth" in English, "Quint" in German, "Quinta" in Italian, and "Quinta" in Latin)
Language
French
Singular
quinte
Plural
quintes
Variant
quint
Combinations
French musical terms that include quinte:
- basson quinte – tenoroon (bassoon pitched a fifth higher than the ...
- bombarde quinte
- canon à la quinte – canon at the fifth (canon in which the imitation b...
- fausse quinte – imperfect fifth
- quinte augmentée – augmented fifth (interval of eight half steps)...
- quinte diminuée – diminished fifth (interval of six half steps)...
- quinte juste – perfect fifth (interval of seven half steps)...
- quinte parfaite – perfect fifth (interval of seven half steps)...
- quinte-flûte
- quintes consécutives – consecutive fifths
Related terms
French musical terms related to quinte: