sextus

Definition of the Latin term sextus in music:

  1. sixth (ordinal number)
  2. sixth (interval of six degrees)
  3. sixth (the note a sixth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  4. Sext, Sixth Hour (canonical hour)
  5. the sixth voice in vocal polyphony
Language
Latin
Singular
sextus (m)sexta (f)sextum (n)
Plural
sexti (m)sextae (f)sexta (n)

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Related terms

Latin musical terms related to sextus:

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