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semitone

/ˈsɛm.i.təʊn/

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noun

C1formalcommonart/ˈsɛm.i.təʊn/

A noun referring to the smallest musical interval used in Western music, equivalent to the distance between two adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument.

  • 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее наименьший музыкальный интервал, используемый в западной музыке, равный расстоянию между двумя соседними клавишами на клавишном инструменте.
  1. Musical interval B2 formal

    The smallest interval used in Western music, equal to the distance between two adjacent keys on a piano keyboard.

    • Moving from C to C-sharp is a semitone.
    • The melody rises by a semitone in the second bar.
    • A semitone is also called a half step in American English.

    🇷🇺Полутон

    Synonyms: half step

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