half the interval of a tone
Semitone
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Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Diminished
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an interval narrowed by one semitone from a perfect or minor interval
Disjunct
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where the notes in a melody move in leaps, intervals greater than a tone, rather than from note to neighbouring notes only a…
Equal temperament
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the modern method of tuning where the interval of an octave is exact and the interval between each successive semitone is equ…
Quarter-tone
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a microtonal interval half that of a semitone
Seventh
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a major seventh is a semitone smaller than an octave; a minor seventh is a whole tone smaller than an octave
Simple interval
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an interval of an octave or less
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any interval larger than a whole tone