septième

Definition of the French term septième in music:

  1. seventh (ordinal number)
  2. seventh (fraction)
  3. seventh (interval of seven degrees)
  4. seventh (the note a seventh above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  5. organ mutation stop of 1-1/7' pitch on the manuals and 2-2/7' pitch on the pedals, sounding a minor seventh above the note played (equivalent to "Septime" or "Twenty-first" in English)
Language
French
Singular
septième
Plural
septièmes
Abbreviation
7e
Alt. abbreviations
7.7e7me7èmeVII.VIIeVIImeVIIème

Combinations

French musical terms that include septième:

Related terms

French musical terms related to septième:

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  • onzième – eleventh (ordinal number)...
  • prime – unison (interval of 1 degree)
  • quarte
  • quinte – fifth (interval of five degrees)...
  • seconde – second (ordinal number)...
  • sixte – sixth (interval of six degrees)...
  • tierce
  • ton – tone...
  • treizième – thirteenth (ordinal number)...
  • triton – tritone (interval of six half steps, enharmonic wi...
  • unisson – unison (interval of 1 degree)...