Definition of semitone Semitone
sem•i•tone
We found 6 definitions of semitone from 5 different sources.
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What does semitone mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: semitones |
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| semitone - the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument | ||
| half step | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- semitone (n.)
Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
Wikipedia 
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(British English) (also called a half step or a half tone) is the smallest musical interval used in Western music.. It is the distance between two notes which are next to one another in pitch.
A whole tone means a distance of two semitones, i.e. the distance between two notes which are separated by one other note in pitch.
This is easy to see with a picture of a keyboard. The distance between two white notes that are side by side may be a whole tone (if there is a black note in between them) or a semitone (if there is no black note between).
To go from a C to a C sharp (or D flat) is a semitone.
To go from a C sharp (or D flat) to a D is a semitone.
To go from a C to a D is a tone.
An octave is divided into twelve semitones. These semitones are exactly equal in size.
Part of speech
🔤- semitone, noun, singular of semitones.
