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  2. Picardy third - Wikipedia

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    According to James Bennighof: "Replacing an expected final minor chord with a major chord in this way is a centuries-old technique—the raised third of the chord, in this case G ♯ rather than G natural, [verification needed] was first dubbed a 'Picardy third' (tierce de Picarde) in print by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1797 ... to express [the ...

  3. List of fictional rapid transit stations - Wikipedia

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    Belgravia – 1960 film Piccadilly Third Stop. Blackwall – featured in the TV drama series London's Burning. Bloomsbury – 1934 film Bulldog Jack. The film features a chase/fight scene in a disused Bloomsbury station on the Central line, connected to the British Museum by a secret tunnel. A map is seen on the wall of the train in the climax ...

  4. Third (chord) - Wikipedia

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    Two added chords with mixed thirds, thirds separated by octave [1] Chord on left Right. Conventionally, the third is third in importance to the root and fifth, with the third in all primary triads (I, IV, V and i, iv, v) being either major or minor. In jazz chords and theory, the third is required due to it determining chord quality.

  5. Minor chord - Wikipedia

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    This harmonic, common to the three notes, is situated 2 octaves above the high note of the chord. This is the sixth harmonic of the root of the chord, the fifth of the middle note, and the fourth of the high note: In the example C, E ♭, G, the common harmonic is a G 2 octaves above. Demonstration: Minor third = 6:5 = 12:10; Major third = 5:4 ...

  6. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the chord is viewed as a C major seventh chord (CM 7) in which the third note is an augmented fifth from root (G ♯), rather than a perfect fifth from root (G). All chord names and symbols including altered fifths, i.e., augmented (♯ 5, +5, aug5) or diminished (♭ 5, o 5, dim5) fifths can be interpreted in a similar way.

  7. List of third intervals - Wikipedia

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    Third interval may refer to one of the following musical intervals in equal-temperament tuning: major third; minor third; augmented third; diminished third; Alternatively, it may apply to neutral third

  8. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]

  9. Triad (music) - Wikipedia

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    the third – its interval above the root being a minor third (three semitones) or a major third (four semitones) the fifth – its interval above the third being a minor third or a major third, hence its interval above the root being a diminished fifth (six semitones), perfect fifth (seven semitones), or augmented fifth (eight semitones).