nonus

Definition of the Latin term nonus in music:

  1. ninth (ordinal number)
  2. ninth (interval of nine degrees, equal to an octave plus a second)
  3. ninth (the note a ninth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  4. Ninth Hour (canonical hour)
  5. the ninth voice in vocal polyphony
Language
Latin
Singular
nonum (m)nona (f)nonum (n)
Plural
noni (m)nonae (f)nona (n)

Musical examples

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Related terms

Latin musical terms related to nonus:

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  • hemitonium – half step, semitone
  • 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)...