septimus

Definition of the Latin term septimus in music:

  1. seventh (ordinal number)
  2. seventh (interval of seven degrees)
  3. seventh (the note a seventh above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  4. the seventh voice in vocal polyphony
Language
Latin
Singular
septimus (m)septima (f)septimum (n)
Plural
septimi (m)septimae (f)septima (n)

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Related terms

Latin musical terms related to septimus:

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  • quartus – fourth (ordinal number)...
  • quintus – fifth (ordinal number)...
  • semitonium – half step (American English), semitone (British En...
  • sextus – sixth (ordinal number)...
  • spatium – space (between the lines of the staff)...
  • tertius
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  • unisonus – unison (interval of 1 degree)...