augmented fourth

augmented fourth
A type of tritone in musical composition comprising of six semitones. It spans four diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fourth but with an extension of a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from a diminished fifth.

e.g. C - F is a perfect fourth, C - F is an augmented fourth, and C - F♭ is a diminished fourth.

See Also: augmented fifth, diminished fourth, perfect fourth

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