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Semitone - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Semitone : (noun)
1: the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard
instrument [syn: half step]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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