| Pronunciation: | | 'semee`town
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[n] the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument |
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SEMITONE is a 8 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | half step |
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| | See Also: | | interval, musical interval |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sem"i*tone\, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. {Hemitone}.]
(Mus.)
Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller
intervals of the diatonic scale.
Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and
half step is now preferred. See {Tone}. --J. S. Dwight.
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