Diminished third

diminished third
Inverseaugmented sixth
Name
Other names-
Abbreviationd3
Size
Semitones2
Interval class2
Just interval144:125, 256:225, 65536:59049
Cents
12-Tone equal temperament200
Just intonation245, 223, 180

In classical music from Western culture, a diminished third (Playⓘ) is the musical interval produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from A to C is a minor third, three semitones wide, and both the intervals from A♯ to C, and from A to C♭ are diminished thirds, two semitones wide.

Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval.

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