Inverse | minor seventh |
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Name | |
Other names | compound second |
Abbreviation | M9 |
Size | |
Semitones | 14 |
Cents | |
12-Tone equal temperament | 1400.0 |
Inverse | major seventh |
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Name | |
Abbreviation | m9 |
Size | |
Semitones | 13 |
Cents | |
12-Tone equal temperament | 1300.0 |
In music, a ninth is a compound interval consisting of an octave plus a second.
Like the second, the interval of a ninth is classified as a dissonance in common practice tonality. Since a ninth is an octave larger than a second, its sonority level is considered less dense.[1]