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semitone <a semitone; semitones> N

نصف النغمة

semitone (music)

نِصْفُ نَغْمَة

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Temperament actually involves the deliberate mistuning of pitches so that the octave is divided into 12 equal semitones. en.wikipedia.org

Selecting tones from this set of 12 and arranging them in patterns of semitones and whole tones creates other scales. en.wikipedia.org

Consequently, in this context the above-mentioned decomposition of the tritone into six semitones is typically not allowed. en.wikipedia.org

A chromatic scale is one which proceeds entirely by semitones, so dividing the octave into twelve equal steps of one semitone each. en.wikipedia.org

It is mainly valued for its ability to play in semitones, which means it can be used for western style music more easily. en.wikipedia.org

For instance, a commonly used version of 5-limit tuning produces a 12-tone scale with four kinds of semitones and four commas. en.wikipedia.org

Additional accidentals are the double-sharp, raising the frequency by two semitones, and double-flat, lowering it by that amount. en.wikipedia.org

For example, six of the fifths span seven semitones. en.wikipedia.org

All-fifths tuning is based on the perfect fifth (the interval with seven semitones), and all-fourths tuning is based on the perfect fourth (five semitones). en.wikipedia.org

A later description provides only one semitone between levels 1 and 2, and three semitones between levels 2 and 3. en.wikipedia.org

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