quarta

Definition of the Italian term quarta in music:

  1. fourth (ordinal number)
  2. fourth (interval of four degrees)
  3. fourth (the note a fourth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  4. organ mixture stop of two or more ranks, including one pair a fourth apart usually of 2' and 2⅔' pitch (equivalent to "Rauschquinte" in German and "Quarte" in French)
Language
Italian
Singular
quarta
Plural
quarte
Abbreviation
4ª
Alt. abbreviations
4.4aIV.IVªIVa
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Related terms

Italian musical terms related to quarta:

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  • dodicesima – twelfth (ordinal number)...
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  • mezzo tono – half step, semitone
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  • ottava – eighth (ordinal number)...
  • quattordicesima – fourteenth (ordinal number)...
  • quindicesima – fifteenth (ordinal number)...
  • quinta – fifth (ordinal number)...
  • seconda – second (ordinal number)...
  • sedicesima – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
  • semitono – half step (American English), semitone (British En...
  • sesta – sixth (ordinal number)...
  • settima – seventh (ordinal number)...
  • terza – third (ordinal number)...
  • tono – tone...
  • tredicesima – thirteenth (ordinal number)...
  • tritono – tritone (interval of six half steps, enharmonic wi...
  • undicesima – eleventh (ordinal number)...
  • unisono – unison (interval of 1 degree)...