- A
semitone, also
called a
minor second, half step, or a half tone, is the
smallest musical interval commonly used in
Western tonal music, and it is considered...
- as
scale steps. The
smallest of
these intervals is a
semitone.
Intervals smaller than a
semitone are
called microtones. They can be
formed using the notes...
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resulting smallest interval, 1/12 the
width of an octave, is
called a
semitone or half step. In
Western countries the term
equal temperament, without...
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defined as a
musical interval spanning three adjacent whole tones (six
semitones). For instance, the
interval from F up to the B
above it (in short, F–B)...
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Every octave is made of
twelve steps called semitones. A jump from the
lowest semitone to the
highest semitone in one
octave doubles the
frequency (for example...
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indicates that the note to
which the
symbol is
applied is pla**** one
semitone higher. The
opposite of
sharp is flat,
indicating a
lowering of pitch....
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musical intervals. Twelve-tone
equal temperament divides the
octave into 12
semitones of 100
cents each. Typically,
cents are used to
express small intervals...
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scale or an
interval about half as wide (orally, or logarithmically) as a
semitone,
which itself is half a
whole tone.
Quarter tones divide the
octave by...
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tritones is atritonic. A
scale or
chord that
contains semitones is
called hemitonic, and
without semitones is anhemitonic.
Scales can be
abstracted from performance...
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scale that
includes five
whole steps (whole tones) and two half
steps (
semitones) in each octave, in
which the two half
steps are
separated from each other...
