Semitone Definition

sĕmē-tōn, sĕmī-
semitones
noun
semitones
The difference in pitch between any two immediately adjacent keys on the piano; half of a whole tone.
Webster's New World

(music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale.

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Noun

Singular:
semitone
Plural:
semitones

Semitone Sentence Examples

  • Contains 7 technical vocal exercises played on piano and each having a one octave range in semitone intervals.

  • A number of keys for semitone progression can also be accommodated.

  • I had no idea the PAL speedup meant nearly a semitone increse.

  • But a positive identity of pitch cannot be claimed for any period of time, and certainly not for the early organs; the foot-rule of the organ-builder, which had to do with the lengths of the pipes, and which varied in every country and province, could easily cause a difference of a semitone.

  • Our ears choose to distinguish pitch variation to the division approximately of what we in the west call the semitone.

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