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How to pronounce musical interval in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms interval
Type of musical notation
Has types fourth, half step, musical octave, octave, quarter-tone, quarter tone, semitone, seventh, sixth, step, third, tone, whole step, fifth, whole tone

Examples of musical interval

musical interval
The word fifth appears five times in the US edition, but none refer to the musical interval.
From the guardian.co.uk
For the musical interval, see Pythagorean apotome.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If you perceive the musical interval as anything other than a fourth, then you won't recognise any melody played in this frequency range.
From the newscientist.com
An interval is the relationship between two separate musical pitches.
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After an interval the audience will hear them in a musical setting.
From the theaustralian.com.au
However in some older scores the direction of the interval notation must be established from the musical context.
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I would have tried cutting a little more of the musical numbers and playing it straight through with no interval, but maybe that's over-ambitious.
From the guardian.co.uk
Noticeable musical differences in the southern type include increased use of interval part singing and a greater variety of folk instruments.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The tritone is often used as the main interval of dissonance in Western harmony, and is important in the study of musical harmony.
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