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Answer for the clue "Difference between pitches rejected by United ", 8 letters:
semitone

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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 ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A semitone , also called a half step or a half tone , is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically. It is defined as the interval between two adjacent notes in a ...

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.