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In music and music theory, a tenth is the note ten scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the tenth. Since there are only seven degrees in a diatonic scale the tenth degree is the same as the mediant and the interval of a tenth is a compound third.
What are 10th chords?
A tenth is just a fancy way of saying a third, used when the notes are an octave farther apart than normal. Try counting up from the root C to find the diatonic 10th: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E. Notice that going from C to the high E is a distance of 10 (counting the first C as 1, since there's no such thing as a 0th).
How do you play tenths on piano with small hands?
Playing 10th Chords with small hands on keyboard
- Move your hands to the very edge of the keys. ...
- Your wrist should be at, or ideally below the level of the keys themselves, and as relaxed and flexible as humanly possible.
- Don't curl the rest of your fingers under your hand. ...
- Keep your shoulders down and devoid of tension.
What is the tenth in music?
An interval is a product of the distance between two notes and the term tenth is used to quantify an interval that encompasses ten scale degrees or notes. Altogether, a tenth interval is formed by the relationship between two notes that are ten scale degrees apart from each other.
