Associations to the word «Semitone»
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Wiktionary
SEMITONE, noun. (music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
SEMITONE, noun. (music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale
Dictionary definition
SEMITONE, noun. The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument.
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