Seventh
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Seventh may refer to:
- Seventh Amendment to the United States ConstitutionSeventh Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified as part of the Bill of Rights, codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases. However, in some civil cases, the Supreme Court has not incorporated the right to a jury trial to the states in the fashion which...
Music
- Diminished seventhDiminished seventhIn classical music from Western culture, a diminished seventh is an interval produced by narrowing a minor seventh by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from A to G is a minor seventh, ten semitones wide, and both the intervals from A to G, and from A to G are diminished sevenths,...
, a chromatically reduced minor seventh interval - Major seventhMajor seventhIn classical music from Western culture, a seventh is a musical interval encompassing seven staff positions , and the major seventh is one of two commonly occurring sevenths. It is qualified as major because it is the larger of the two...
, the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees - Minor seventhMinor seventhIn classical music from Western culture, a seventh is a musical interval encompassing seven staff positions , and the minor seventh is one of two commonly occurring sevenths. The minor quality specification identifies it as being the smallest of the two: the minor seventh spans ten semitones, the...
, the smaller of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees - Harmonic seventhHarmonic seventhThe harmonic seventh interval , also known as the septimal minor seventh, or subminor seventh, is one with an exact 7:4 ratio . This is somewhat narrower than and is "sweeter in quality" than an "ordinary" minor seventh, which has a just-intonation ratio of 9:5 , or an equal-temperament ratio of...
, the interval of exactly 4:7, whose approximation to the minor seventh in equal temperament explains the "sweetness" of the dominant seventh chord in a major key - Leading-toneLeading-toneIn music theory, a leading-note is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading-tone, respectively....
or subtonic, the seventh degree and the chord built on the seventh degree - Seventh chordSeventh chordA seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root. When not otherwise specified, a "seventh chord" usually means a major triad with an added minor seventh...
, a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord root
See also
- Seventh Army (disambiguation)
- Seventh Avenue (disambiguation)
- Seventh day (disambiguation)
- Seventh Generation (disambiguation)
- Seventh Heaven (disambiguation)Seventh Heaven (disambiguation)Seventh Heaven or 7th Heaven may refer to:* The highest of Seven Heavens according to some religious traditions-Film, television, and theatre:* Seventh Heaven , a silent film with Janet Gaynor...
- Seventh Sea (disambiguation)
- Seventh Son of a Seventh SonSeventh Son of a Seventh SonSeventh Son of a Seventh Son is the seventh studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 by EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US...
- Seventh SanctumSeventh SanctumSeventh Sanctum is a website run by Steven Savage . It is a collection of generators for creating random names, items, and even full descriptions of characters. There are generators for everything from spells and pirate ship names, to entire story plots and characters...