What is the interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third called?
complement — (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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