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ninth

  (nīnth) pronunciation
n.
  1. The ordinal number matching the number nine in a series.
  2. One of nine equal parts.
  3. Music.
    1. A harmonic or melodic interval of an octave and a second.
    2. The tone at the upper limit of such an interval.
    3. A chord consisting of a root with its third, seventh, and ninth.

[Middle English ninthe, from Old English nigonthe, from nigon, nine.]

ninth ninth adv. & adj.
 
 
Music: Ninth

The interval of nine diatonic degrees.

 
Word Tutor: ninth
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position.

pronunciation The ninth caller to the radio station received the prize of tickets to a concert.

 
Wikipedia: ninth

In music or music theory a ninth is the note nine scale degrees from the root of chord (counting the root itself) and also the interval between the root and the ninth.

In tonal music of common practice, the ninth is heard as a dissonance. A ninth is a compound second, but the ninth is considered more dissonant than the second.

Ninth chord
Ninth chord

A ninth chord is a chord with a ninth, and is an extended chord. Typically, a ninth chord also includes the seventh along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a C9 consists of C E G B♭ and D. Added tone chords with what might be called an added second are usually said to have an added ninth, two fifths up from the root.


Chords

By Type Triad Major · Minor · Augmented · Diminished · Suspended

Seventh Major · Minor · Dominant · Diminished · Half-diminished · Minor-major · Augmented major · Augmented minor

Extended Ninth · Eleventh · Thirteenth

Other Sixth · Augmented sixth · Altered · Added tone · Polychord · Quartal and quintal · Tone cluster· Power

By Function Diatonic Tonic · Dominant · Subdominant · Submediant

Altered Borrowed · Neapolitan chord · Secondary dominant · Secondary subdominant


 

Common misspelling(s) of ninth

  • nineth

 
Translations: Translations for: Ninth

Dansk (Danish)
num. - niende
n. - niendedel

Nederlands (Dutch)
negende, none

Français (French)
n. - neuvième, (Mus) neuvième
adj. - neuvième
adv. - neuvième, en neuvième position

Deutsch (German)
n. - Neuntel
adj. - neunt
adv. - neuntens

Ελληνική (Greek)
num. - ένατο(ς)
n. - ένατο
adj. - ένατος

Italiano (Italian)
nona, nono

Português (Portuguese)
num. - nona
n. - nona (f) parte
adj. - nono
adv. - em nono lugar

Русский (Russian)
девятый, нона

Español (Spanish)
n. - novena, noveno, día nueve
adj. - novena, noveno, día nueve
adv. - en noveno lugar

Svenska (Swedish)
num. - nionde
n. - niondel
adj. - nionde

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
第九, 九分之一, 月的第九日

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 第九, 九分之一
n. - 第九, 九分之一, 月的第九日

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 9번째
n. - 9번째, 9일, 9분의 일, 9도 음장

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 第9の, 9番目の, 9分の1の
n. - 9番目, 9日, 9分の1

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(عدد) التاسع (الاسم) التاسع, تسع (صفه) تاسع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תשיעית (החלק התשיעי), רווח מוסיקלי של תשעה טונים‬
adj. - ‮תשיעי (מספר סודר)‬


 
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