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musical interval spanning five staff positions; either a perfect fifth, an augmented fifth, or a diminished fifth

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In the theory and practice of music, a fifth interval is an ordered pair of notes that are separated by an interval of 6–8 semitones.

There are three types of fifth intervals, namely