3 (number) - in Music

In Music

• In music, the Roman numeral iii is the mediant scale degree, chord, or diatonic function, when distinguished III = major and iii = minor.
• Three is the number of performers in a trio.
• There are 3 notes in a triad, the basic form of any chord.
• The tritone, which divides the octave into 3 equally spaced notes (root, tritone, octave).
• In Indian classical music, three equal repetitions of a rhythmic pattern is a common device called tihai.
• 3rd bridge, an extended technique on string instruments.
• "3", a 2009 number-one single by American recording artist Britney Spears.
• "Three French hens" is the gift on the third day of Christmas in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas"