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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

(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...

fa dièse or fi) is the seventh semitone of the solfège. It lies a chromatic semitone above F and a diatonic semitone below G, thus being enharmonic to...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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

whose alterations cause them, in ordinary equal temperament, to be one semitone apart. In other words, it is a unison where one note has been altered by...

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...

scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other...

is a musical note lying a chromatic semitone above C and a diatonic semitone below D; it is the second semitone of the solfège. C-sharp is thus enharmonic...

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

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

four-semitone tritone scale (set 10-6) is a decatonic scale consisting of four semitones, a whole tone, four semitones, and a whole tone (four semitones a...

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...

semitone of the C major scale, and mi in fixed-do solfège. It has enharmonic equivalents of F♭ [(F-flat) which is by definition a diatonic semitone above...

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...

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...

the Ionian mode by a semitone. lowering the second note and raising the third note of the harmonic minor scale by one semitone. raising the seventh of...