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"
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“The band waked me with a serenade. How they improve! A fine band and what a life in a regiment! Their music is better than food and clothing to give spirit to the men.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man: wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morning with a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea! Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them! Even music may be intoxicating. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and Rome, and will destroy England and America.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)