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Half step in music
Answer for the clue "Half step in music ", 8 letters:
semitone
Alternative clues for the word semitone
Word definitions for semitone in dictionaries
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 ...
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.