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 la, fractus, "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 ...
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 h ...
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major sixth, a musical interval
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minor sixth
In Western classical music, 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 ''mi ...
, a musical interval
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diminished sixth, an interval produced by narrowing a minor sixth by a chromatic semitone
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augmented sixth
In classical music from Western culture, an augmented sixth () is an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone.Benward & Saker (2003). ''Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I'', p.54. . Specific example of an A6 not g ...
, an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone
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Sixth chord, two different kinds of chord
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Submediant, sixth degree of the diatonic scale
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Landini sixth, 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 b ...
See also
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* ''
The Sixth'', a 1981 Soviet film directed by Samvel Gasparov
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The 6ths, a band created by Stephin Merritt
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LaSexta (lit. The Sixth), a Spanish television channel
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