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semitone
[ sem-ee-tohn, sem-ahy- ]
semitone
/ 藢s蓻m瑟藞t蓲n瑟k; 藞s蓻m瑟藢t蓹蕣n /
noun
- an interval corresponding to a frequency difference of 100 cents as measured in the system of equal temperament, and denoting the pitch difference between certain adjacent degrees of the diatonic scale ( diatonic semitone ) or between one note and its sharpened or flattened equivalent ( chromatic semitone ); minor second Also called (US and Canadian)half step Compare whole tone
Derived Forms
- 藢蝉别尘颈藞迟辞苍补濒濒测, adverb
- semitonic, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉别尘路颈路迟辞苍路颈肠 [sem-ee-, ton, -ik, sem-ahy-], 蝉别尘路颈路迟辞苍路补濒 [sem-ee-, tohn, -l, sem-ahy-], adjective
- 蝉别尘顎卛路迟辞苍顎僡濒路濒测 adverb
Example Sentences
Those 12 semitones are the foundation of most Western music.
What about his String Quartet No. 3, 鈥淏lack Church,鈥 from 1995: Can the way the players tear through sequences of semitones be seen as a tip of the hat to fast-picked streaks of electric-guitar blues?
Every interval is then simply a certain number of semitones.
An example of the transformed mood is the ending of the Carlos-脡lisabeth duet, sung a semitone lower in the 1867 French.
Padel, whose previous collections include a verse biography of Darwin, here gives Beethoven the same treatment, summoning his 鈥渉oly zone / of concentration鈥 where 鈥渢hree descending semitones / say there is answer in the world.鈥
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