Meanings of augmented second in anglès

Occasionally the augmented second, the Hungarian, is encountered, and skips of a third are of frequent occurrence.

The melodic progression, not always immediate, of an augmented fourth and major seventh occurs frequently, and that of an augmented second occasionally.

Although in the minor mode there is mental strength in the piece, with its exotic scale of the augmented second, and its trio is hearty.

A full exposition of Sexual Selection appeared in the "The Descent of Man" in 1871, and in the greatly augmented second edition, in 1874.