semitone in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for semitone in the English»Spanish Dictionary

semitone [Am ˈsɛmiˌtoʊn, ˈsɛmˌaɪˌtoʊn, Brit ˈsɛmɪtəʊn] N

semitone

semitono m

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semitono

semitone Brit

semitone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for semitone in the English»Spanish Dictionary

semitone [ˈsemɪtəʊn, Am -toʊn] N MUS

semitone

semitono m

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poner un sostenido

to raise by a semitone

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English

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

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Modern organs are typically tuned in equal temperament, in which every semitone is 100 cents wide.

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Many new chamber organs and harpsichords today feature transposing keyboards, which can slide up or down one or more semitones.

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The same applies to chords of 3 semitones.

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One of the easiest tests of equal temperament is to play a succession of major thirds, each one a semitone higher than the last.

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

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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).

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For example, six of the fifths span seven semitones.

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The corresponding fifth spans a number of divisions equal to four whole tones minus one semitone.

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The interval is also called a diatonic semitone.

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