semitone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided.
The semitone in 12-tone equal temperament, with frequency ratio of the twelfth root of two.
Any of the pitches of a chromatic scale.
An interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used.

/ˈsɛmitoʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semitone.wav

semitone semitones

From semi- + tone.

half step halftone

hemitonic cent

chromatic semitone diatonic semitone semitonic subsemitone

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