What does semitone mean?

Definitions for semitone
ˈsɛm iˌtoʊn, ˈsɛm aɪ-semi·tone

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. semitone, half stepnoun

    the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument

Wiktionary

  1. semitonenoun

    (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave

  2. semitonenoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Semitonenoun

    In musick, one of the degrees of con c t inuous intervals of concords. Nathan Bailey

    Etymology: semiton, French.

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  1. semitone

    A semitone, also called a half step or half tone, is the smallest interval used in traditional Western music, equal to one-twelfth of an octave or half the distance between two notes on a music scale. It is the distance between a white key and its contiguous black key on a piano keyboard. For example, the interval between C and C sharp or D and D flat is a semitone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Semitonenoun

    half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale

  2. Etymology: [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone.]

Wikidata

  1. Semitone

    A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically. It is defined as the interval between two adjacent notes in a 12-tone scale. This implies that its size is exactly or approximately equal to 100 cents, a twelfth of an octave. In a 12-note approximately equally divided scale, any interval can be defined in terms of an appropriate number of semitones

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of semitone in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of semitone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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