half step
Noun 1. the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument (synonym) semitone (hypernym) interval, musical interval | ||||
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Half step Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Half Step
A pitch difference which is the equivalent of that produced by two adjacent keys on a piano.
A pitch difference which is the equivalent of that produced by two adjacent keys on a piano.
Half step Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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half step
half step
half \half\ (h?f), a. [as. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to os., ofries., & d. half, g. halb, sw. half, dan. halv, icel. hālfr, goth. halbs. cf. halve, behalf.]
1. consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
note: the adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.
2. consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. assumed from thence a half consent.
half step
half \half\ (h?f), a. [as. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to os., ofries., & d. half, g. halb, sw. half, dan. halv, icel. hālfr, goth. halbs. cf. halve, behalf.]
1. consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
note: the adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.
2. consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. assumed from thence a half consent.
Half step Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Semitone
This article is about the musical interval. For the printing method see halftone.
A semitone, or half-step is a musical interval. It is the smallest interval commonly used in Western music, and is considered the most dissonant. The most commonly written form of this interval is the minor second, notated using two adjacent letter names (e.g. C and D♭), but the augmented unison is also used, both notes having the same letter-name, with one of the notes being inflected by an accidental (e.g. C and C♯).
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