Literally, half a tone Also known as a half step A way of describing a musical interval of pitch In our equal tempered scale system we use there are 12 semitones per octave
Half a tone; the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale
The notes corresponding to adjacent keys on the piano The interval that results when the octave is divided into 12 equal intervals
In Western music, a semitone is the smallest interval between two musical notes. Two semitones are equal to one tone. American Equivalent: half step
The smallest interval in the tonal music of the Western world; the interval between any two adjacent notes of the chromatic scale and certain adjacent notes of diatonic scales See Section 2 10
Also known as a half step, the smallest interval commonly used in the Western musical system