Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The distance between two tones. In 12-tone equal temperament, its frequency ratio is 2^(1/12), or about 1.059 or 18/17.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: semitone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interval, musical interval
History
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