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seventh mode contains the intervals semitone, semitone, semitone, tone, semitone, semitone, semitone, semitone, tone, semitone – it has six transpositions, like

fourth species of perfect fifth (tone–tone–semitone–tone) plus a third species of perfect fourth (tone–tone–semitone): C D E F G + G A B C. This octave species

D♭ G♭ B♭ ). The two-semitone tritone scale, C D♭ D F♯ G A♭, is a symmetric scale consisting of a repeated pattern of two semitones followed by a major

cupped, into the bell, the player can reduce the pitch of a note by a semitone or more. This, combined with the use of crooks changing the key of the

The most common form of tabor pipe in the Basque region is tuned "tone, semitone, tone", as in the pipe of Andalusia. The most common form in Provence is

by the final into a second-species fourth (semitone–tone–tone) plus a first-species fifth (tone–semitone–tone–tone): E F G A + A B C D E. The tenor or

Romanian traditional music. It has the following interval structure in semitones: 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, giving it the notes C, D♭, E, F♯, G, A, B♭ in the

each a semitone from its neighbours. Ptolemy substituted a diatonic sequence of seven transpositions pitched either a whole tone or a semitone apart.

equivalents are C (C-double sharp) and E (E-double flat). It is the third semitone of the solfège. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of

the final into a lower tetrachord of tone-tone-semitone, and an upper pentachord of tone-tone-tone-semitone. However, from as early as the time of Hucbald

player greater flexibility. In semitone-apart systems, moving in from the outside the keyboard, each row is pitched a semitone higher than its neighbour.

Ukraine. These instruments allow chromatic notes to be readily obtained, a semitone lower than the primary sound of the pipe. This is done by bending the angle

higher in pitch, leaving a semitone out of the instrument. Bells separated from the next higher note by more than two semitones (one whole tone) are called

formed by D1–F♯1–A1. In modern variants of small kantele, there are often semitone levers for some strings. The most typical lever for a five-string kantele

with an omitted ♭2 degree. It has the following interval structure in semitones: 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, giving it the notes C D♯ E F♯ G A B♭ in the key

in a stepwise fashion; that is the subsequent notes move up or down a semitone or tone, but no greater. In a disjunct melodic motion, the melodic phrase

No. 1 initially required the strings of the solo violin to be tuned a semitone higher to match the original key of E♭ major. Camille Saint-Saëns, solo

♯6 – 7 With the musical steps as following: Semitone, Tone and a half, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Semitone. The scale lacks a perfect fourth and a perfect

listeners to be off (either sharp or flat) by about a quarter tone (half a semitone). The approximate bridge position of the "floating" (movable) bridge on

flattened by a semitone, which is called a "flat 9th", or sharpened by a semitone, which is called a "sharp 9th"); 11ths (sharpened by a semitone, which is

sounds are obtained by lowering or raising the seven diatonic notes by a semitone by means of flats (♭) and sharps (♯). Use of solfege or letter names depends

technique whereby the player can modify the pitch of a note by up to a semitone (or sometimes slightly more) by inserting a cupped hand into the bell.

increases. For instance, a tone of 200 Hz that is very loud seems one semitone lower in pitch than if it is just barely audible. Above 2,000 Hz, the pitch

"I Go To Extremes" (C to B), and "The River of Dreams" (G to F#) are a semitone lower. "New York State of Mind" (C to Bb), "I've Loved These Days" (C to

where it appears to refer to repeated melodic motion by semitone creating consecutive semitones. The term may also relate to the pianto associated with

A partimento (from the Italian: partimento, plural partimenti) is a sketch (often a bass line), written out on a single staff, whose main purpose is to

that are tuned to Drop D flat tuning (i.e. tuned to Drop D, then tuned a semitone lower). This album was re-released in 2004 on the band's own label, PUSA

Classic, Speedster, '61, '63, Semitone Mondial Classic, Deluxe, Sportser Modena Classic, Challenge, Revolution, Semitone, Sitar Modulo Tipo1, Tipo3 Monza

genus (a tetrachord made up of semitone, tone, and tone) and the chromatic genus (a tetrachord made up of semitone, semitone, and an augmented second). (The

For instance with the diatonic scale, the one step intervals are the semitone (1) and tone (2), the two step intervals are the minor (3) and major (4)

chord might not be the best choice, since each melodic tone would create semitone or minor 9th dissonance with chord members of the supporting harmony. Experienced

Quartet (1920) and his last was the 16th Quartet from 1967. Note that 'semitone' refers to the usual 12-tET scale, 'quarter-tone' refers to 24-tET, '5th-tone'

Whittall has suggested that "[t]he choice of transpositions at the sixth semitone—the tritone—may seem the consequence of a desire to hint at 'tonic-dominant'

flattened by a semitone, which is called a "flat 9th", or sharpened by a semitone, which is called a "sharp 9th"); 11ths (sharpened by a semitone, which is

circular fashion, known as pitch class: as one plays up a keyboard in semitone steps, C, C♯, D, D♯, E, F, F♯, G, G♯, A, A♯ and B sound in succession,

nine 'consonant' intervals (unison, semitone, whole tone, ditone, semiditone, diatessaron, diapente, semitone-plus-diapente, whole-tone-plus-diapente)

scale is one which proceeds entirely by semitones, so dividing the octave into twelve equal steps of one semitone each. Linear chromaticism is used in jazz:

18 diatonic keys. Accordingly, chromatic instruments have 12 additional semitone keys. Bass systems can also be diatonic or chromatic. The Tushetian garmoni

Peter met through a local Quaker Meeting. Peter Eccles is also co-owner at Semitone Studios in Marple, along with folk singer/songwriter, Taylor Giacoma. Eccles

his flute apart slightly to lower its pitch by a semitone, then transpose the fingering up a semitone to A minor. Tony Banks tried to remind Gabriel to

recognized. The diatonic genus (composed of tones and semitones), the chromatic genus (semitones and a minor third), and the enharmonic genus (with a major

flue and reed ranks extending to GGGGG# in the 64' octave, 1 octave and 1 semitone below the lowest note of a standard piano. Longhurst described his reaction

alto clarinet typically extends down to written E♭, which sounds G♭, one semitone higher than the basset horn. The timbre of the basset horn is similar to

clarinetist, for example, it is common to carry two instruments tuned a semitone apart (B♭ and A) to cope with the needs of composers: Mozart's well-known

music. A pedalboard has long, narrow lever-style keys laid out in the same semitone scalar pattern as a manual keyboard, with longer keys for C, D, E, F, G

be played, and all members of a chord can be moved down one semitone or up one semitone together, but the function of the valves is usually not separated

but unlike most, it is not fretted in a chromatic scale (one fret per semitone), but rather in a diatonic scale, with seven notes to the octave. The çifteli

pitch of the notes; but he seems well satisfied when he gets within half a semitone of the bull's eye. But in my opinion a miss is as good as a mile in this

interval Major third, a third spanning four semitones Minor third, a third encompassing three half steps, or semitones Neutral third, wider than a minor third

closing of the bell: to produce a tone or semitone below the tonic, and to change semitones into dieses (half semitones), which he says can also be produced

scale as well as alternative microtonal tunings up to 61 divisions of each semitone. The Synthi-100 was developed a few years after the first VCS3s. Both filters

of being out of tune. Mistuning is also the displacement of a pitch a semitone away from its standard position in a stable tonal structure such as the

pedal feature which allows pedaling to dip individual notes and chords a semitone below so they rise to pitch with the envelope’s attack. Extensive CV/Gate

{\sqrt[{12}]{2}}:1} . The intervallic unit is a "large semitone", about 10% larger than the semitone of the equal-tempered twelve-tone system (Play on middle

labial–velar plosive, a consonant sound transcribed as /ɡ͡b/ G♭ (musical note), a semitone G-flat major, a key Group buy, buying something as a collective Gazerbeam

harp, and strings, and is raised by a semitone to D minor / G major. Another orchestral arrangement, one semitone below (C minor / F major), by Karl Müller

like some Selmer Mark VI models, have been keyed to reach a low A, a semitone lower, similar to baritone saxophones. Notable jazz alto saxophonists include

corresponding to one equal-temperament semitone, might be approximated by 196/185 (roughly 0.99994 semitones). A field is half of an interlaced frame

raises it. Breath force can change the pitch by several semitones, of which about a third of a semitone either way is useful. Too much or too little air will

Pythagorean interval (play). and in 5-limit tuning: The 5-limit diatonic semitone, ⁠ 16 / 15 ⁠ (play). Although closer in size to the Pythagorean apotome

has a strong affinity to resolve to) a tone just 1 semitone from that root (typically 1 semitone above, though can be below). Like the secondary dominant

Two-semitone tritone scale on C.

instrument in A when used with guitars which were almost always tuned a semitone down when accompanying the csakan. Modern manufacturers refer to it as

tenth of a semitone (10 cents) either side. Wind and bowed instruments generally use vibratos with an extent of less than half a semitone either side

chord tone or scale tone one semitone above or below) Chromatic surround notes (two notes preceding a chord tone one semitone above and below) Pentatonic

fourth spanning five semitones Diminished fourth, a perfect fourth narrowed by a chromatic semitone, thus spanning four semitones Augmented fourth or tritone

speeds, for example, are in a ratio of roughly 16 to 15, or that of a semitone, whereas Venus' orbit is nearly circular, and therefore only produces a

from a small group of basic ideas, with an emphasis on the descending semitone and a perfect fourth. After a slow introduction, the first movement falls

only 1 semitone from their original pitches. A hard push lowers the 2nd string 2 semitones to a C♯ and simultaneously the 9th string only 1 semitone (both

second, unison Major second, a whole tone Minor second, semitone Neutral second one-and-a-half semitones The Second, second studio album by rock band Steppenwolf

Conservatory between 1892 and 1901. The master's method was based on the semitone system, the fingers remaining at equal distances on all the strings during

The song was written in the key of B minor, but the recording sounds one semitone lower. The song was performed at Live Aid as an encore, with additional

Frightened heroes, Richard Burridge, Semitone Studios on YouTube The first cut is the deepest, Richard Burridge, Semitone Studios on YouTube "Rev Canon Professor

six semitones: 3 11 0 retrograde + 6 6 6 ------ 9 5 6 And the fourth subset (C C♯ A) being the inverse of the first, transposed up one semitone: 0 11

sus chords, and dominant chords. The eleventh may be sharpened by one semitone to give a sharp eleventh chord (e.g. D7 with sharp 11 adds a G# to the

fifth below the standard instrument, descending consequently to E♭, a semitone lower than the double bass. The low A, which Wagner wrote below B♭ is admirably

of the sixth and ninth takes from the second attempt, varispeeded up a semitone to F major. Both McCartney and John Lennon, at one time or another, shared

forms of the minor): C♯–E–G–B♭ (dim. 7th), C–E–G–B♭ (lowering the root a semitone to a modulating dom. 7th), F–A–C (quasi-tonic) leads to F major—a relative

A0 and playing the sequence of 3-4-3-4... semitone half step intervals or the sequence of 4-3-4-3... semitone half step intervals. The concept of a "circle

molto Andante The work is distinctive in that its key, B minor, is just a semitone below the limits of the viola and cello range. Another distinctive feature

1–6 and blow holes 7–10; this way, all these reeds can be bent down a semitone at least, although most players can easily bend down a whole tone. Alternatively

variations XX to XXII. From XXIII onwards the keys rise by tones from the semitone above G – A flat, B flat, C, D, E, F sharp - until G is regaining at XXIX

position" where the first finger sounds a semitone above the open string and the other fingers a tone or semitone below their normal positions, e.g. (on

same notes as the bottom three holes of a tin whistle, or tone, tone, semitone. Other tabor pipes, such as the French galoubet, the Picco pipe, the Basque

Chorus is set in A-flat minor (the preceding and following choruses being a semitone lower and higher respectively). Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet No. 14

Soldier 2, Vassal Zoids: Chaotic Century - Van Flyheight The Little Prince - Semitone (The Planet of Time, episodes 7–8) Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch

F1–F6 (FF–f‴). Tuning pitch is often taken to be A4 = 415 Hz, roughly a semitone lower than the modern standard concert pitch of A4 = 440 Hz. An accepted

transformed in bars 33-36 into an elegant shape ending with an upward-curving semitone: In this movement, the repeated left hand chords in bar 5 are displaced

been settled; machines are better at deriving the absolute placement of semitones within a given chromatic scale, whereas non-machine tuners prefer to adjust

prefixes gao- (high) to raise a note, or xia- (low) to lower it, by a semitone; but after the 11th century, gao- ceased to be used. Traditionally, the

example, for every generic interval of a second there are only two possible specific intervals: 1 semitone (a minor second) or 2 semitones (a major second).

difference of 1 semitone is a difference of approximately 1.5 Hz, whereas at the top of the musical scale (about 5 kHz), a difference of 1 semitone is a difference

very delicate carved double key for the lowest tone and the overlying semitone. The problem of the minor second above the bass tone, which can be achieved

being more usually known as the leading tone (or leading note) if it is a semitone under the tonic. (See the figure in Degree (music)#Major and minor scales);

dominant seventh chord up a step (in this case a half-step, also called a semitone) is called a deceptive cadence. ♭VII-V7 cadence Coker, Jerry (1997). Elements

traditional music with chromatic notes in the second degree, varying between a semitone and a tone, are also known as "gama española" ("Spanish gamut") or "gama

mid-low falling, mid, mid-low falling, mid-low falling Anawin: mid, mid, mid-semitone higher, mid. A rebuke or any utterance conveying a negative emotion is

include The Little Ševčík, an elementary violin tutor, which teaches the semitone system in 149 exercises, the School of Violin Technics (Schule der Violintechnik

repeatedly by Tony Visconti's son at the studio piano. Transposed up a semitone, they later form the opening of the main melody at 1:17 in the key of F#

and symbols (popular music) ♭ Flat (music), a note lower in pitch by a semitone Beyoncé B, member of Superorganism (band) B (BamBam EP), an extended play

and symbols (popular music) ♭ Flat (music), a note lower in pitch by a semitone Beyoncé B, member of Superorganism (band) B (BamBam EP), an extended play

hand-stopping, a technique for lowering the pitch of individual notes a semitone or more. This important innovation had been introduced around 1720, and

him the two full octaves without reserve, but I prefer to retrench the semitone, above and below, that I may give to his voice and tone the full praise

to produce an F and up to produce an F♯. Chromatic notes not in the natural series are produced by lipping the upper adjacent harmonic down a semitone.

lowered the instrument's fundamental pitch by a tone, the second by a semitone. Depressing both at once lowered the fundamental by a tone and a half.

the last five measures of the trio, Joplin begins the phrase an extra semitone higher at C flat and completes the chromatic descent to F natural. To emphasize

century using various isomorphic keyboards, typically with dimensions of semitones and tones. The keyboards of Bosanquet and Erv Wilson are also known as

the tone hole with the little finger of the right hand, thus creating a semitone below the tonic. Tunes using the gaita are usually songs, with the voice

therefore projects a diminished seventh chord, with an upward progression of a semitone at the end to conclude the Allegro on D. Thematically, the movement contains

Microtonal music – Use in music of microtones (intervals smaller than a semitone)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Sonoclast Plastic

a long box, upon which is a chromatic fret board with up to around 25 semitone positions. It has one to three strings of metal or of gut (or in the modern

the same as in normal tuning, while the lower strings are tuned down one semitone. The piece wavers between B minor and B major, and Kodály used the tuning

the Varsity Eight, although he did play it in the key of D-flat major, a semitone lower than the original composition. The British choreographer Frederick

September 18, 2011. The sheet music indicates that the song is recorded a semitone lower than written. Talbott, Chris (October 3, 2010). "So much for taking

accepted as part of 12 equal temperament, being almost exactly a third of a semitone flatter in just intonation. The acoustic scale may be formed from a major

maker in Dublin, developed a new type of harp which had gut strings and semitone mechanisms like a reduced version of a single-action pedal harp; it was

isolated vocals onto a 24-track tape. As the two performances were recorded a semitone apart in key, subsequently, at Music City Music Hall in Nashville (the

speed than the mono mix, completed on 20 March 1967, and consequently is a semitone lower in pitch. A 2007 Mojo magazine article revealed that the final mono

often executed entirely with the left hand. For example, in an ascending semitone slur (a hammer-on), a note stopped by the first finger at the fifth fret

the period and present challenges to a singer or improviser, including a semitone modulation that ends each A section (these modulations start with measure

was written in D major with instructions for the violin to be tuned a semitone high, (a technique known as scordatura) enabling the soloist to achieve

It is pitched an octave below the oboe and furnished with an additional semitone taking its range down to A. It reads in treble clef sounding one octave

is marked, tho' in fact the section is analogous to the opening but a semitone lower, thus making it more accurately A♭ minor; in bar 133 the written

for a work in the key of E, as the bass end of the instrument fell one semitone short of the tonic. Rosen argued that a performer on a modern piano should

The song includes a pregnant pause before the coda, which modulates up a semitone. Succeeding "Good Lovin'" by the Young Rascals in the number one position

between 1 and 2 STs but concluded that "only differences of more than 3 semitones play a part in communicative situations". Note that, given the logarithmic

instead of the usual dominant, F♯, throughout the symphony Davies uses E♯, a semitone lower and a tritone above the tonic—a technique used earlier by Bartók

initially planned to release the album under the stage name Alexandra Semitone, but Turner advised her to change her name and use her middle name as the

rhythm that cadences on the tonicized dominant, immediately repeated a semitone higher (in G♭). This use of the Neapolitan chord (i.e. the flattened supertonic)

with the player transposing or playing from a written part transposed a semitone lower. Orchestral compositions and operas with notable E♭ or D clarinet

note of the baritone saxophone. The lowest note of the B♭ tubax is A♭0, a semitone below the lowest note on the piano keyboard (A0). Notable performers: Paul

two strings for the last movement, lowering the E and raising the G a semitone each. The trio of this movement features "Bulgarian Rhythm" and is similar

instruments are sometimes fitted with a valve to lower the pitch, either by a semitone to D (known as a "trill" valve), or by a fourth into B♭, analogous to the

("Neo-Riemannian Theory", Autumn): 219–233. Tymoczko, Dmitri. 1997. "The Consecutive-Semitone Constraint on Scalar Structure: A Link Between Impressionism and Jazz."

as an opening reed; the resulting pitch is generally just less than a semitone higher than the closing-reed pitch. Overblown notes can be played as softly

compose the melody of "The Hungry Years", noting that it contained a three-semitone key change that he found particularly appealing and called a "drop-dead

transpositions. For example, the chord is a whole tone scale with one note raised a semitone (the "almost whole-tone" hexachord, sometimes identified as "whole tone-plus")

is written in D major instead of E♭ major, and the instrument tuned a semitone sharper (scordatura technique), to give a more brilliant tone. This technique

explained by diplacusis, which refers to a difference of a fraction of a semitone between the ears. The article also documented that Chambers et al. used

visiting bands, especially from within Yorkshire. In 2022 a sharp second semitone bell was added to the ring, allowing a light ring of eight. Grade I listed

descending (or ascending) through the guide tones of the chart, normally by semitone or tone. For instance, in a duo for saxophone and bass, the saxophonist

signs and structures. Weisberg art tries to find the synchronicity between semitone, composition, and drawing. His works are exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery

The character “♯” is a musical symbol which raises an adjacent note by a semitone. It is also an acronym for “Small Hazardous Asteroid Reconnaissance Probe

lifted from the guitar riff in Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" and transposed a semitone, while "Waking Up" bore a marked resemblance to the Stranglers' song "No

frequency ratios. The octave is divided into 1200 steps, 100 cents for each semitone. Cents are often used to describe how much a just interval deviates from

roughly. This melodic line is repeated by the flute, only transposed up a semitone. The second "road" is presented by the bassoon and the strings. It is very

phenomenal transposing powers spawned many anecdotes: finding the piano a semitone too low at a rehearsal of Grieg's A minor Concerto, he simply played it

speed error causes a change in pitch, and it is useful to know that a semitone in music represents a 6% frequency change. This is because Western music

major hexachords, has nine notes and consists of three conjunct semitone-tone-semitone tetrachords. This came to be known as the "Tcherepnin scale", and

fingering, in which all four fingers of the left hand are used – playing semitone intervals", and later with James Merrett. He also became a full-time musician

Olds in 1937, using a second dependent valve to lower the F attachment a semitone to E. In the 1950s, some American orchestral players had double-valve instruments

different instruments might commonly have pitches differing by up to a semitone. Now there is a de facto pitch standard, and ensemble playing is common

before the recapitulation, the heroic theme being played by the violin a semitone higher than before, in B minor. Returning to D minor, a long trill from

lowers the pitch by a whole step (two semitones), the second valve by a semitone, and the third valve by three semitones. Used in combination, the valve tubing

and B strings, thus allowing the player to alter the strings sound of a semitone and greatly extend the range of the instrument for the extraction of sounds

in B♭ and A share their lowest octaves with the alto saxophone (minus a semitone in the case of the B♭ clarinet). In the case of the E♭ alto, the range

lowers the pitch by a whole step (two semitones), the second valve by a semitone, and the third valve by three semitones. Used in combination, the valve tubing

of the basic series. These same two forms of the series, transposed a semitone higher, recur in section D, now one after the other in a passage of two-part

and B strings, thus allowing the player to alter the strings sound of a semitone and greatly extend the range of the instrument for the extraction of sounds

hold down the L button while playing specified notes to raise them by a semitone, and hold down the R button at other notes to raise them by an octave;

microtonal tuning system, Changes (1985) for six harps tuned a sixth of a semitone apart, Critical Band (1988) for variable instrumentation and In a Large

in numbers on a Venu from 1 to 7 with or without (1/2, indicating one semitone higher) or as per the standard Pitch letters on a Bansuri from A to G with

tone. The Western chromatic scale has been modified into twelve equal semitones, which is slightly out of tune with many of the harmonics, especially

Tuning EADGBE. Starting from the third album, he detuned the strings a semitone to an Eb Tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb). It is reported that during live performances

Ornithological Committee (IOC). Other common names include unadorned cuckoo, semitone-bird, scale-bird, and brain-fever bird—from its monotonous repetitive call

characterised by an upward movement and, at its height, a downward slur of a semitone followed by repeated notes a major third lower. This theme acts as the

serpent, its difficult and indistinct B♮ notes. The instrument is built a semitone lower in B♮ and adds a large open tone hole that keeps the instrument in

in large ensembles due to its penetrating sound. The highest note is a semitone lower than the nominally highest note of the B♭ clarinet. Since the clarinet

(Allegro moderato) features a contrasting clarinet melody in the major a semitone lower and was claimed to be of Persian origin; this theme, sensual and

interval pattern within each of these hexachords was always tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone, which was sung as ut re mi fa sol la. Hence, if singers needed

and "perfectly smooth voice leading" produced by the 7th of each chord falling a semitone to become the 3rd while the 3rd becomes the 7th of that chord.

chord can be transformed into another by moving a single note by just one semitone: to transform a C major chord into an E minor chord, one need only move

Six Marimbas follows the same structure, but is transposed down by one semitone so that the piece opens in D flat major and concludes in B flat natural

semitones below the 4 octave instrument. This is the most common range. 4.5 octave: F2 to C7. The .5 means "half"; 4.6 octave: E2 to C7, one semitone

instrument, so the lowest note, obtained by closing the open key, is a semitone lower. The player can obtain the available partials for a given air column

the second violins are called on to play a G-flat or F-sharp which is a semitone below the normal range of the instrument, and which can only be accomplished

evening service in May 1924. The bells were recast in 1928 and an additional semitone bell was added in 1953. The frame in which the bells were rehung dated

major, and specified that the violist raises the strings in pitch by a semitone. He probably intended to give the viola a brighter tone so the rest of

Dates 1939–1942 Technical specifications Polyphony 72 voices Oscillator 12-semitone oscillators + 5-octave dividers LFO 6-channel electromechanical vibrato

bells were augmented to 12 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry, with an additional semitone bell cast to make a total of 13 bells. The organ was originally built in

England. Old Roman Condensed (1907) Old Roman Bold + Bold Condensed + Semitone (1908) Engravers Old Black (1910, BB&S) a knock-off of ATF's Engravers

Vivekanandapuram, Sainikpuri for those seeking to learn Indian Classical Music. Semitone Music Academy and Symphony Music School cater to those who wish to learn

heard with agitation in F♯ minor. This section is then repeated again, a semitone higher. Eventually, a fortissimo is reached where the trumpets play an

parts are generally played on the B♭ instrument, transposing them down a semitone. An example of this notation is in Paul Dukas's symphonic poem "The Sorcerer's

England. Old Roman Condensed (1907) Old Roman Bold + Bold Condensed + Semitone (1908) Engravers Old Black (1910, BB&S) a knock-off of ATF's Engravers

song features heavy synth and percussion. The vocals span 2 octaves and a semitone excluding harmonies, the lowest note being G3 and the highest being G♯5

chord, being the definitive note of a blues scale. It then moves down a semitone to the dominant 5th of the root minor, preparing to go back to the root

equal temperament is to play a succession of major thirds, each one a semitone higher than the last. If equal temperament has been achieved, the beat

bells (19). Taylor's augmented the bells to a ring of sixteen plus three semitones and recast the tenor bell. Duke Chapel Carillon Duke University, Durham

the tone hole with the little finger of the right hand, thus creating a semitone below the tonic. Tunes using the gaita are usually songs, with the voice

subject, marked agitato, enters. The first subject is based on the rising semitone from the introduction above, and appears three times in the movement. For

to other musicians. There are twelve "natural positions" (one for each semitone), numbered from 1st position as given (on a standard 10-hole diatonic)

dying out, a new harp was developed in Ireland. It had gut strings and semitone mechanisms like an orchestral pedal harp, and was built and marketed by

are also fa, sol, la. The seventh and eighth notes, being separated by a semitone, are indicated mi-fa. This means that just four shapenotes can adequately

that is spaced "two and three semitones apart" (such as E-G-A or A-G-C), "Suffragette City" uses tighter, two-semitone gaps (F-G-A), which "leaves the

defined by the tuning of the organ, was about a'=475, slightly more than a semitone higher than modern concert pitch. Byrd intended it principally for the

hour and on the hour itself. Each pip is a 1 kHz tone (about a fifth of a semitone above musical B5) the first five of which last a tenth of a second each

including pitch, velocity, and duration. Pitch was settable to 1/128 of a semitone, on a scale of 0–127 (sometimes described on a scale of 1–128 for clarity)

each other (its beat). The East Asian version, which can produce all 12 semitones, is used often in East Asian rock and pop music. Orchestral harmonicas

reticence, delicacy and the utmost tonal subtlety". He notes an upward semitone as a feature to express both yearning and the sound of the turtledove.

melody's supporting harmonies in a much more dissonant manner, using a semitone clash to darken the simple refrain. The third movement is sung by Nicolas

album, and the catchiest." Dan Raper at Popmatters states "the beat is a semitone-rumble of distorted fuzz, the vocals, thrown off with the yelp of Green

87 beats per minute. For the final chorus, the song's key shifts up one semitone to B major. Carey's vocal range spans from F3 to E5 in the song. "Almost

notes of this theme, if spaced out in a single octave, contained every semitone from A up to D. The top three notes (C, C sharp, and D) are of great importance

Judas in the jaws of Satan. The tower has a ring of twelve bells plus four semitone bells and a 4.1 tonne non-swinging bourdon. The current peal of 15 ringing

performing the song with an up-tempo bouncy beat and modulating up a semitone every verse starting with the third verse, from B-flat to B to C to D-flat

in resolving to six major and minor triads each using single- or double-semitone displacement has been a significant influence on modern neo-Riemannian