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semitone

noun

semi·​tone ˈse-mē-ˌtōn How to pronounce semitone (audio)
ˈse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: the tone at a half step
also : half step
semitonic
ˌse-mē-ˈtä-nik How to pronounce semitone (audio)
ˌse-ˌmī-
-mi-
adjective
semitonically adverb

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Get Musical With the Definition of Semitone

A semitone (sometimes called a half tone or a half step) is the distance from a white key to a neighboring black key on the piano keyboard—for example, from G to G-sharp or from E to E-flat. In an octave (from G to the next G above, for instance), there are twelve semitones. Semitones are the smallest intervals that are used intentionally in almost any of the music you'll normally hear. Two semitones equal a whole tone—the distance from G up to A or from E down to D, for example.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The score begins with horns and trombones blaring a semitone dissonance, like a motor horn in a nightmare city, and goes on from there. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of semitone was in the 15th century

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