semitone

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English

Definitions

noun

The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

Related words

Synonyms

half-step half step diatonic halftone half tone subsemitone quarter tone half-tone hemitone demitone diminished second semidiapason sesquitone diminished octave tone minor seventh augmented second

Associated

enharmonic tritone diesis tetrachord solfege pythagorean chromatic comma octave pentatonic phrygian

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