duodecima

Definition of the Latin term duodecima in music:

  1. twelfth (interval of twelve degrees, equal to an octave plus a fifth)
  2. twelfth (the note a twelfth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  3. the twelfth voice in vocal polyphony
Language
Latin

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Latin musical terms that include duodecima:

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Related terms

Latin musical terms related to duodecima:

  • hemitonium – half step, semitone
  • nonus – ninth (ordinal number)...
  • octavus – eighth (ordinal number)...
  • quartus – fourth (ordinal number)...
  • quintus – fifth (ordinal number)...
  • semitonium – half step (American English), semitone (British En...
  • septimus – seventh (ordinal number)...
  • sextus – sixth (ordinal number)...
  • spatium – space (between the lines of the staff)...
  • tertius
  • tritonus – tritone (interval of six half steps, enharmonic wi...
  • unisonus – unison (interval of 1 degree)...