half step

Noun

Meaning

the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument

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half-step

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A curved arrow indicates bend notes—slightly to the left for a half step flat, and longer to the left to indicate a whole step flat. Source: Internet

A half-step may be added, moving the entire body into the punch, for additional power. Source: Internet

As a player strikes the courses above in sequence, they ascend following a repeating sequence of two whole steps and a half step. Source: Internet

Each fret produces a different pitch and each pitch spaced a half-step apart on the 12 tone scale. Source: Internet

Because there are 12 notes in a chromatic scale or a full octave, every half-step in a chromatic scale is multiplied by the 12th root of 2 to get the note next to it. Source: Internet

In Germany in the second half of the 17th century, diatonic single-row harps were fitted with manually turned hooks which fretted individual strings to raise their pitch by a half step. Source: Internet

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