Sixth is the
ordinal form of the number
six.
* The
Sixth Amendment, to the U.S. Constitution
* A
keg of beer, equal to 5 U.S. gallons or barrel
* The
fraction
A fraction (from , "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, thre ...
Music
* Sixth
interval (music)
In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or har ...
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major sixth
In music theory, a sixth is a musical interval encompassing six note letter names or staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and the major sixth is one of two commonly occurring sixths. It is qualified as ''major'' because it ...
, a musical interval
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minor sixth
In music theory, a minor sixth is a musical interval encompassing six staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and is one of two commonly occurring sixths (the other one being the major sixth). It is qualified as ''minor'' bec ...
, a musical interval
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diminished sixth
In classical music from Western culture, a diminished sixth () is an Interval (music), interval produced by Diminution, narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone.Benward & Saker (2003). ''Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I'', p.54. . Sp ...
, an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone
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augmented sixth
In music, an augmented sixth () is an Interval (music), interval produced by Augmentation (music), widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone.Benward & Saker (2003). ''Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I'', p.54. . Specific example of an ...
, an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone
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Sixth chord
The term ''sixth chord'' refers to two different kinds of Chord (music), chord, one in classical music and the other in modern popular music.
The original meaning of the term is a ''chord in first inversion'', in other words with its third (chord) ...
, two different kinds of chord
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Submediant
In music, the submediant is the sixth degree () of a diatonic scale. The submediant ("lower mediant") is named thus because it is halfway between the tonic and the subdominant ("lower dominant") or because its position below the tonic is symm ...
, sixth degree of the diatonic scale
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Landini sixth
A Landini cadence (Landini sixth or Landini sixth cadence), or under-third cadence, is a type of cadence, a technique in music composition, named after Francesco Landini (1325–1397), an influential Italian composer, in honor of his extensiv ...
, a type of cadence
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Sixth (interval)
Below is a list of intervals expressible in terms of a prime limit (see Terminology), completed by a choice of intervals in various equal subdivisions of the octave or of other intervals.
For commonly encountered harmonic or melodic intervals ...
Other uses
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''The Sixth'' (1981 film), a Soviet film directed by Samvel Gasparov
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''The Sixth'' (2024 film), an American documentary film directed by Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
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The 6ths
The 6ths was a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the primary songwriter and instrumentalist behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes. In the group, Merritt wrote and played songs which were then sung, in most ...
, a band created by Stephin Merritt
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LaSexta (lit. The Sixth), a Spanish television channel
See also
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1/6 (disambiguation)
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