A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/German Sixth

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From volume 1 of the work.

1504539A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — German SixthGeorge GroveHubert Parry

GERMAN SIXTH. The third of the three varieties of sixth called in the old books French, Italian, and German sixths. It is the chord of the Augmented or Extreme Sixth when accompanied by the major third and fifth of its bass.

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