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  2. Steps and skips - Wikipedia

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    For example, C to D (major second) is a step, whereas C to E (major third) is a skip. More generally, a step is a smaller or narrower interval in a musical line, and a skip is a wider or larger interval with the categorization of intervals into steps and skips is determined by the tuning system and the pitch space used.

  3. Article Five of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three ...

  4. Irregular resolution - Wikipedia

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    Two common tones, two note moves by half step motion. Irregular resolution through augmented sixth equivalence Play ⓘ. [1] One common tone, three notes move by half step motion. In music, an irregular resolution is resolution by a dominant seventh chord or diminished seventh chord to a chord other than the tonic.

  5. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    [17] In 1866, Congress acted to standardize a two-step process for Senate elections. [18] In the first step, each chamber of the state legislature would meet separately to vote. The following day, the chambers would meet in "joint assembly" to assess the results, and if a majority in both chambers had voted for the same person, he would be elected.

  6. Military step - Wikipedia

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    Half Step March or Cut the pace: This is a US march pace. It is at the same tempo as Quick Time, but instead of 30 inches, the step is 15 inches. Double March: This is essentially a moderate jog at approximately 180 36 inch paces (British armed services: 40 inch) per minute.

  7. Semitone - Wikipedia

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    The augmented unison, the interval produced by the augmentation, or widening by one half step, of the perfect unison, [9] does not occur between diatonic scale steps, but instead between a scale step and a chromatic alteration of the same step. It is also called a chromatic semitone. The augmented unison is abbreviated A1, or aug 1.

  8. State law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.

  9. Major third - Wikipedia

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    Just major third. Pythagorean major third, i.e. a ditone Comparison, in cents, of intervals at or near a major third Harmonic series, partials 1–5, numbered Play ⓘ.. In music theory, a third is a musical interval encompassing three staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and the major third (Play ⓘ) is a third spanning four half steps or two whole steps. [1]