Half step

English

Each of the keys on a piano (black or white) is one semitone higher than the one immediately to the left.

Noun

1. Template:Lb The distance between two tones. In 12-tone equal temperament, its frequency ratio is $2^{1/12}$, or about 1.059 or 18/17.

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