A semitone, also called a minor second, half step, or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered...

as scale steps. The smallest of these intervals is a semitone. Intervals smaller than a semitone are called microtones. They can be formed using the notes...

septimal chromatic semitone or minor semitone is the interval 21:20 (Play). It is about 84.47 cents. The septimal chromatic semitone may be derived from...

seventh mode contains the intervals semitone, semitone, semitone, tone, semitone, semitone, semitone, semitone, tone, semitone – it has six transpositions, like...

diatonic semitone is a ratio of 17:16, making it the seventeenth harmonic or partial. This is in contrast to the 5-limit major diatonic semitone of 16/15...

Every octave is made of twelve steps called semitones. A jump from the lowest semitone to the highest semitone in one octave doubles the frequency (for example...

septimal diatonic semitone (or major diatonic semitone) is the interval 15:14 Play. It is about 119.44 cents. The septimal diatonic semitone may be derived...

resulting smallest interval, ⁠1/12⁠ the width of an octave, is called a semitone or half step. In Western countries the term equal temperament, without...

by a semitone and a flat lowers it by a semitone. Double flats () or sharps () may also be used, which alter the unmodified note by two semitones. If a...

minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones. Staff notation represents the minor third as encompassing three staff...

(sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical interval encompassing two adjacent staff...

scale or an interval about half as wide (orally, or logarithmically) as a semitone, which itself is half a whole tone. Quarter tones divide the octave by...

defined as a musical interval spanning three adjacent whole tones (six semitones). For instance, the interval from F up to the B above it (in short, F–B)...

semitone. Because of this construction, the 7th degree of the harmonic minor scale functions as a leading tone to the tonic because it is a semitone lower...

resulting smallest interval, 1⁄12 the width of an octave, is called a semitone or half step. Twelve-tone equal temperament is the most widespread system...

D♭ G♭ B♭ ). The two-semitone tritone scale, C D♭ D F♯ G A♭, is a symmetric scale consisting of a repeated pattern of two semitones followed by a major...

indicates that the note to which the symbol is applied is played one semitone higher. The opposite of sharp is flat, indicating a lowering of pitch....

abbreviated P5) spans seven semitones, while the diminished fifth spans six and the augmented fifth spans eight semitones. For example, the interval from...

in the UK) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading tone, respectively. Typically...

musical intervals. Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each. Typically, cents are used to express small intervals...

of pitch, or refer to a particular size: lowering pitch by a chromatic semitone. A flat is the opposite of a sharp (♯) which raises pitch by the same amount...

tritones is atritonic. A scale or chord that contains semitones is called hemitonic, and without semitones is anhemitonic. Scales can be abstracted from performance...

spanning ten semitones. The major seventh spans eleven. For example, the interval from A3 to G4 is a minor seventh, as the note G4 lies ten semitones above A3...

four semitones, whereas the minor third only spans three. For example, the interval from C to E is a major third, as the note E lies four semitones above...

different chromatic and diatonic semitones; the chromatic semitone is the difference between C and C♯, and the diatonic semitone the difference between C and...

La and the tenth semitone of the fixed-do solfège. Its enharmonic equivalents are B♭♭ (B double flat) which is a diatonic semitone above A♭ and G (G...

Microtonality is the use in music of microtones — intervals smaller than a semitone, also called "microintervals". It may also be extended to include any music...

from the natural minor scale, with the minor seventh degree raised by one semitone to a major seventh, creating an augmented second between the sixth and...

classes) used in tonal music, with notes separated by the interval of a semitone. Chromatic instruments, such as the piano, are made to produce the chromatic...

531441⁄524288 ≈ 1.01364, or about 23.46 cents, roughly a quarter of a semitone (in between 75:74 and 74:73). The comma that musical temperaments often...