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Augmented second
In
classical music
from
Western culture
, an
augmented second
is an
interval
that is sonically equivalent to a
minor third
, spanning three
semitones
, and is created by
widening
a
major second
by a
chromatic semitone
. For instance, the interval from C to D is a major second, two semitones wide, and the interval from C to D is an augmented second, spanning three semitones.
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