Glossary of musical terms/Fifth
< Glossary of musical termsThe fifth is regarded, in western musical tradition as a very important interval. Because of the tendency of a melodic line to jump from the tonic upward to the fifth, then return to the fifth frequently, it is also known as the dominant of a given scale.
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