half stepnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhɑːf ˌstep/us/ˈhæf ˌstep/US UK semitonethe smallest difference in sound between two notes that are next to each other in the Western musical scale
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Notes of the musical scale
- A, a
- B, b
- C, c
- D, d
- doh
- E, e
- flat
- lah
- lah 1
- major
- mi
- middle C
- minor
- natural
- register
- soh
- sol
- sol-fa
- te
- ti
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