Definition of Picardy third

1. Noun. (music) a major third in the final tonic chord of a minor-key passage, a device mostly used in Baroque, although occasionally in Classical music, and then adopted much later on in neoclassicism. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Picardy Third

picadillos
picador
picadores
picadors
pical
picalilli
picalillis
picamar
picamars
picaninnies
picaninny
picante
picapare
picara
picaras
picardy third (current term)
picaresque
picaresquely
picaresqueness
picaresques
picariae
picarian
picarians
picaridin
picaridine
picaridines
picaro
picaroon
picarooned
picarooning

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