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Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
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Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.
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The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
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The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.
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a jump from one note to the fifth note above it (8 half steps, inclusive). sa to pa is a perfect fifth, as is C to G
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The fifth note of the scale (e.g. G in the scale of C).
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the fifth note of an ascending diatonic scale, which means to go up 2 whole steps, 1 half step, and 1 more whole step if you play C and G, then you have a fifth) Fifths sound like taxi cabs in London. fingerboard the part of a stringed instrument which the fingers press the strings against to vary the pitch.
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position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
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the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
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an interval, or distance between two notes within the music alphabet
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a way of counting notes
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In a scale, the distance between a certain note and another note four notes above it. The certain note is counted as I, the note four notes above that is V.
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Interval of five tones in the diatonic scale.
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The fifth degree of the diatonic scale. Also, the interval formed by a given tone and the fifth tone above or below it, e.g. c up to g, c down to f. Intervals of the fifth may be perfect (corresponding to major), diminished, or augmented.
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