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semitone
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semitone

The smallest interval normally used in traditional Western music. The octave is divided into 12 semitones.
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They are happy to tell the curious that diatonic music is "based on any type of scale consisting of five tones and two semi-tones in which the semi-tones are maximally separated".
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It is limited to not more than 1 or 2 semi-tones but you will get to use even 3 semitones once you are highly skilled.
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