In music a comma is a small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step). It is seldom used except by tuners.
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In music diminish means to make smaller by a half step or to make an interval less than minor; for example a diminished seventh.
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In music flat indicates that a note is below the true pitch and hence is applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step for example a flat seventh or A flat. The term also describes a sound which is not sharp, shrill or acute.
In music a half step is a semitone. It is the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music.
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In music a major sixth is a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.
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A rosalia is a form of musical melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher.
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In music the name sensible note is applied to the major seventh note of any scale. It is so called because, being but a half step below the octave, or key tone, and naturally leading up to it, it makes the ear sensible of its approaching sound.
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