semitone
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
semitone (plural semitones)
- (music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
- (music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale
[edit] Synonyms
(US) half-step
[edit] Translations
interval between adjacent keys