music theory, a minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones. Staff notation represents the minor third as encompassing...

These scales contain all three notes of a minor triad: the root, a minor third (rather than the major third, as in a major triad or major scale), and...

musical section that is either modal or in a minor key. This is achieved by raising the third of the expected minor triad by a semitone to create a major triad...

In music, the septimal minor third, also called the subminor third (e.g., by Ellis) or septimal subminor third, is the musical interval exactly or approximately...

major third, a third spanning four semitones minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones neutral third, wider than a minor third but...

a minor chord "sounds darker than a major chord". Major and minor may also refer to scales and chords that contain a major third or a minor third, respectively...

a minor chord is a chord that has a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord comprises only these three notes, it is called a minor triad...

is a third above the third—either a minor third above a major third or a major third above a minor third. The major triad has a root, a major third, and...

In music, a minor seventh chord is a seventh chord composed of a root note, a minor third, a perfect fifth, and a minor seventh (1, ♭3, 5, ♭7). In other...

quality (perfect, major, minor, augmented, diminished) and number (unison, second, third, etc.). Examples include the minor third or perfect fifth. These...