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Scale interval
Answer for the clue "Scale interval ", 8 letters:
semitone
Alternative clues for the word semitone
Word definitions for semitone in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument [syn: half step ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In the following bars the conflict is even greater, as the note relationships are closer - tones and semitones. ▪ The first two-bar phrase uses all twelve semitones except A. ▪ The last bar is full of counter-movement, both in ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from semi- + tone (n.) in the musical sense.
Usage examples of semitone.
Five tones and two semitones in an octave you can put together in a limited number of ways only a few are beautiful and must have already been used up no more Mozart, no more Weber, like the head of the U.
The two works, only a semitone apart in key signature but far apart in almost every other way, should not have fitted.