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五度 (ごど) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

五ご度ど

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Meanings

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noun

fifth (interval)

music

Musical term for the interval spanning five scale degrees, e.g., C to G.

ドとソの間あいだは完かん全ぜん五ご度どです。
The interval between C and G is a perfect fifth.

Kanji

五five
度degrees, occurrence, time

Similar words

一いち度ど
Means 'once' or 'one time' in general usage, and 'unison' in music. 五度 is specifically the musical fifth.
完かん全ぜん五ご度ど
Specifies a 'perfect fifth', the most common type of fifth interval. 五度 alone can refer to any fifth (perfect, diminished, augmented).

Etymology

Compound of 五 (five) and 度 (degree), used as a musical term for the interval of a fifth.