Semitone

Definition

semitone /'semitǝƱn/ ( US half-tone ) n သံဝက္။

Examples

1. ‘I remember being particularly horrified at the drop of a semitone on the word ‘Dona’.’
2. ‘By the end of ‘Cromosomi’
3. with its tricky harmonic sequence that descends in semitones
4. he had the audience in the palm of his hand.’
5. ‘The subject is almost all semitones
6. this time expressing yearning and anticipation
7. rather than sorrow.’
8. ‘Smaller intervals were derived on the same principles
9. so that the octave could eventually be marked out into tones and semitones which might be combined to form other intervals.’
10. ‘If the given key is not so advantageous to the singer we may end up playing the work a semitone lower
11. which makes a great improvement.’