decima
Definition of the Italian term decima in music:
- tenth (ordinal number)
- tenth (interval of ten degrees, equal to an octave plus a third)
- tenth (the note a tenth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
- organ flute mutation stop of 1⅗' pitch on the manuals (used with an 8' stop) and 3⅕' pitch on the pedals (used with a 16' stop), sounding a seventeenth (two octaves and a second) above the note played (equivalent to "Seventeenth" in English, "Terz" in German, "Tierce" in French, and "Tertia" in Latin)
Language
Italian
Singular
decima
Plural
decime
Abbreviation
10ª
Alt. abbreviations
10.10aX.XªXa
Synonyms
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include decima:
- canone alla decima – canon at the tenth (canon in which the imitation b...
- decima aumentata – augmented tenth (interval of seventeen half steps)...
- decima diminuita – diminished tenth (interval of fourteen half steps)...
- decima eccedente – augmented tenth (interval of seventeen half steps)...
- decima maggiore – major tenth (interval of sixteen half steps)...
- decima minore – minor tenth (interval of fifteen half steps)...
- decima nota – tenth (the note a tenth above the tonic of a scale...
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to decima: