semitone
One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided.
Other meanings
The semitone in 12-tone equal temperament, with frequency ratio of the twelfth root of two.
Any of the pitches of a chromatic scale.
Related words
- semitonic
- subsemitone
- chromatic semitone
- diatonic semitone
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