semitone in English

noun
1
the smallest interval used in classical Western music, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone; a half step.
Smaller intervals were derived on the same principles, so that the octave could eventually be marked out into tones and semitones which might be combined to form other intervals.
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1. Pitch-bend messages range in ±2 semitones (sometimes adjustable with Registered Parameter Numbers ), with precision of 1/8192 semitone. (The human ear cannot hear the difference between adjacent pure tones that differ by less than 1/20 semitone.

2. Crabwise scales involve playing a scale up and down, but changing the scale by a semitone every time you change direction

3. Definitions for the word, Acciaccatura (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music

4. Put simply, a Chromatic scale is all twelve notes arranged in ascending or descending order of pitch. It’s made up entirely of semitones (half steps) with each note being a semitone above or below the last note

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