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| Inverse | major second |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Other names | flat seventh |
| Abbreviation | m7, ♭7 |
| Size | |
| Semitones | 10 |
| Interval class | 2 |
| Just interval | 16:9[1] or 9:5[2] |
| Cents | |
| 12-Tone equal temperament | 1000 |
| Just intonation | 996 or 1018 |
In music theory, a minor seventh is one of two musical intervals that span seven staff positions. It is minor because it is the smaller of the two sevenths, spanning ten semitones. The major seventh spans eleven. For example, the interval from A3 to G4 is a minor seventh, as the note G4 lies ten semitones above A3, and there are seven staff positions from A3 to G4. Diminished and augmented sevenths span the same number of staff positions, but consist of a different number of semitones (nine and twelve, respectively).
- ^ Haluska (2003), p. xxiv Pythagorean minor seventh.
- ^ Haluska, Jan (2003). "Just minor seventh". The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems. p. xxiii. ISBN 0-8247-4714-3.