perfect fifth
musical interval spanning five staff positions and seven semitones, whose frequency ratio is approximately 3:2=1.5 (in equal temperament, ¹²√2⁷=1.498…)
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perfect fifth
Summary
perfect fifth ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- perfect fifth's follows is recorded as tritone[2].
- perfect fifth's follows is recorded as diminished fifth[3].
- perfect fifth's followed by is recorded as minor sixth[4].
- perfect fifth's followed by is recorded as augmented fifth chord[5].
- perfect fifth's subclass of is recorded as fifth[6].
- perfect fifth's Commons category is recorded as Perfect fifths[7].
- perfect fifth's said to be the same as is recorded as diminished sixth[8].
- perfect fifth's has part is recorded as semitone[9].
- perfect fifth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0126dc[10].
- perfect fifth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'pu5'}[11].
- perfect fifth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'P5'}[12].
- perfect fifth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'R5'}[13].
- perfect fifth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ч.5'}[14].
- perfect fifth's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 193409952[15].
Why It Matters
perfect fifth ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]