terza

Definition of the Italian term terza in music:

  1. third (ordinal number)
  2. third (interval of three degrees)
  3. third (the note a third above the tonic of a scale or the root of a chord)
Language
Italian
Singular
terza
Plural
terze
Abbreviation
3ª
Alt. abbreviations
3.3aIII.IIIªIIIa
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Related terms

Italian musical terms related to terza:

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  • quarta – fourth (ordinal number)...
  • quattordicesima – fourteenth (ordinal number)...
  • quindicesima – fifteenth (ordinal number)...
  • quinta – fifth (ordinal number)...
  • seconda – second (ordinal number)...
  • sedicesima – sixteenth (ordinal number)...
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  • settima – seventh (ordinal number)...
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  • unisono – unison (interval of 1 degree)...