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In music, an acciaccatura is a short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed, used especially in organ music. It is now used as an equivalent to the short appoggiatura.
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In music, the dash is the sign of staccato, a small mark denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner. The term dash is also applied to the line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
In music a fifth is an interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale.
In music a fourth is the interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale.
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 hexachord is a series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
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In music an imperfect interval is an interval a semitone less than perfect; as, for example an imperfect fifth.
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In music the term major means greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
In music, a semitone is a half-sized step, as between C and C sharp.
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In music a turn is an embellishment or grace commonly consisting of the principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note above, and the semitone below, the note above being sounded first, the principal note next, and the semitone below last, the three being performed quickly, as a triplet preceding the marked note.
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