Found 2 items, similar to Semitone.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: semitone
semitone
n : the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard
instrument [syn:
half step]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and
half step is now preferred. See
Tone. --J. S. Dwight.
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