Diminished sixth

Diminished sixth
Inverseaugmented third
Name
Other names-
Abbreviationd6
Size
Semitones7
Interval class5
Just interval192:125, 32:21,49:32
Cents
Equal temperament700
24-Tone equal temperament700
Just intonation743

In classical music from Western culture, a diminished sixth (Playⓘ) is an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone. For example, the interval from A to F is a minor sixth, eight semitones wide, and both the intervals from A♯ to F, and from A to F♭ are diminished sixths, spanning seven semitones.


{
\override Score.TimeSignature
#'stencil = ##f
    \relative c'' {
        \time 4/4
        \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 1 = 20
        <ais f'>1 <a? fes'>
    }
}

Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval, despite being equivalent to an interval known for its consonance. Its inversion is the augmented third, and its enharmonic equivalent is the perfect fifth.