semitone
IPA: sɛmitoʊn
noun
- (music) A musical interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used
- (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale
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Examples of "semitone" in Sentences
- And so you get a 12 semitone scale.
- This is a difference of one semitone.
- A semitone is the same as a minor second.
- These are the notes smaller than a semitone.
- A pitch interval that is smaller than a semitone.
- In music, a cent is of a semitone, i.e. of an octave.
- The diatonic genus is composed of tones and semitones.
- The chromatic semitone is usually smaller than the diatonic.
- The tones in the diatonic scale can be divided into pairs of semitones.
- The diatonic scales are the major and minor, made up of tones and semitones.