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Answer for the clue "Musical half step ", 8 letters:
semitone

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Word definitions for semitone in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from semi- + tone (n.) in the musical sense.

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 ...

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.