Associations to the word «Semitone»

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.

Wise words

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John Locke