Half step Moderate

Half step has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument

semitone half step

An interval of which there are seven in a fifth or twelve in an octave, consisting of two tones whose frequency ratio is about 1.059 or 18/17.

See Also

cent whole step hemitonic pentatonic scale interval anhemitonic minor second augmented second major

Related Terms

cent whole step hemitonic pentatonic scale interval anhemitonic minor second augmented second major augmented interval tone dorian mode frequency octatonic scale fifth mixolydian mode leading tone phrygian mode augmented unison hemitonic dubstep

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

interval

Rhyming Words

tep step hotep bestep instep unstep upstep dubstep substep in step brostep airstep misstep catstep imhotep pawstep outstep crowstep doorstep hardstep

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