Editing Third (section)

===Music theory===<!--[[Third (music)]] redirects here-->
*[[Interval number]] of three in a musical interval
**[[Major third]], a third spanning four semitones
**[[Minor third]], a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones
**[[Neutral third]], wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third
**[[Augmented third]], an interval of five semitones
**[[Diminished third]], produced by narrowing a minor third by a chromatic semitone
*[[Third (chord)]], chord member a third above the root
*[[Degree (music)]], three away from tonic
**[[Mediant]], third degree of the diatonic scale
**[[Submediant]], sixth degree of the diatonic scale – three steps below the tonic
**[[Chromatic mediant]], chromatic relationship by thirds
*[[Ladder of thirds]], similar to the circle of fifths