半音,半音程
Semitone \Sem"i*tone\, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. {Hemitone}.] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See {Tone}. --J. S. Dwight.
semitone n : the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument [syn: {half step}]