Eleventh

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Perfect eleventh on C. Play
perfect eleventh
Inverseperfect fifth
Name
Other namesCompound fourth
AbbreviationP11
Size
Semitones17
Cents
12-Tone equal temperament1700.0
Augmented eleventh on C. Play
augmented eleventh
Inversediminished fifth
Name
AbbreviationA11
Size
Semitones18
Cents
12-Tone equal temperament1800.0

In music or music theory, an eleventh play is the note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the eleventh. The interval can also be described as a compound fourth, spanning an octave plus a fourth.[1]

Since there are only seven degrees in a diatonic scale the eleventh degree is the same as the subdominant.

The eleventh is considered highly dissonant with the major third.

A perfect eleventh is an eleventh which spans exactly 17 semitones.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Benward, Bruce; Saker, Marilyn (2003). Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-294262-0.