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Short musical interval
Answer for the clue "Short musical interval ", 8 letters:
semitone
Alternative clues for the word semitone
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument [syn: half step ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Semitone \Sem"i*tone\, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. Hemitone .] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See Tone ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave 2 (context music English) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Any of the pitches of the ...
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.