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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: tempered semitone
Synonym1: half-step
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Definition: logarithmic frequency interval between two sounds whose fundamental frequency ratio is the 12th root of two

NOTE 1 – One octave is equal to 12 tempered semitones.

NOTE 2 – The tempered semitone is used as a unit of logarithmic frequency interval.


Publication date:1994-07
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