quinta

Definition of the Italian term quinta in music:

  1. fifth (ordinal number)
  2. fifth (interval of five degrees)
  3. fifth (the note a fifth above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
  4. generic name for an organ mutation stop sounding a fifth above the note played, sometimes one or more octaves above (equivalent to "Fifth" in English, "Quint" in German, "Quinte" in French, and "Quinta" in Latin)
Language
Italian
Singular
quinta
Plural
quinte
Abbreviation
5ª
Alt. abbreviations
5.5aV.VªVa
Synonyms

Combinations

Italian musical terms that include quinta:

Related terms

Italian musical terms related to quinta:

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  • quattordicesima – fourteenth (ordinal number)...
  • quindicesima – fifteenth (ordinal number)...
  • seconda – second (ordinal number)...
  • sedicesima – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
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  • 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)...