augmented sixth
Americannoun
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an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
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any of various chords having this as the characteristic interval.
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Though the augmented sixth was then and remained unusual, Johann Christoph's is not the earliest use of it.
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The student who can tell a diminished seventh, or an augmented sixth at a glance, but who could not identify the same chords when he saw them through his ears instead of his eyes is severely handicapped.
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C—A. An augmented sixth has five major seconds.
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The modulation into the key of the death-motive, A flat, is effected through the chord of the augmented sixth.
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“If I were rendering this moment in music,” he said, “I should allow myself free use of the augmented sixth.”
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