Definition of Semitone. Meaning of Semitone. Synonyms of Semitone

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Definition of Semitone

Semitone
Semitone Sem"i*tone, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone. --J. S. Dwight.

Meaning of Semitone from wikipedia

- A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most...
- as scale steps. The smallest of these intervals is a semitone. Intervals smaller than a semitone are called microtones. They can be formed using the notes...
- seventh mode contains the intervals semitone, semitone, semitone, tone, semitone, semitone, semitone, semitone, tone, semitone – it has six transpositions, like...
- septimal chromatic semitone or minor semitone is the interval 21:20 (Play). It is about 84.47 cents. The septimal chromatic semitone may be derived from...
- Every octave is made of twelve steps called semitones. A jump from the lowest semitone to the highest semitone in one octave doubles the frequency (for example...
- resulting smallest interval, 1/12 the width of an octave, is called a semitone or half step. In Western countries the term equal temperament, without...
- tritones is atritonic. A scale or chord that contains semitones is called hemitonic, and without semitones is anhemitonic. Scales can be abstracted from performance...
- semitone. Because of this construction, the 7th degree of the harmonic minor scale functions as a leading tone to the tonic because it is a semitone lower...
- diatonic semitone is a ratio of 17:16, making it the seventeenth harmonic or partial. This is in contrast to the 5-limit major diatonic semitone of 16/15...
- (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical interval encomp****ing two adjacent staff...