half step

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Noun

half step (plural half steps)

1. (music, US) 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.

Synonyms

• semitone

Related terms

• whole step
• cent

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