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Meanings of augmented fourth in English

Russian
ув. 4
Portuguese
quarta aumentada
Spanish
cuarta disminuida

Musical interval spanning four staff positions and 6 semitones.

        ув. 4
        Usage of augmented fourth in English
        1
        The mazurka movement and the augmented fourth degree of the scale (Nos.
        Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
        2
        Tritone, augmented fourth, known as "the devil in musick" from early medieval times.
        John Winchester’s Journal
        3
        The melodic progression, not always immediate, of an augmented fourth and major seventh occurs frequently, and that of an augmented second occasionally.
        Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
        4
        The oriental interval of the augmented fourth, which I scent in the "Mondlied," would be written, I think, more simply thus:-
        Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 / from Rome to the End
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