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semiditone

Noun

Meaning

A lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

Also ditone and semiditone are specific for Pythagorean tuning, while tone and tritone are used generically for all tuning systems. Source: Internet

Interestingly, despite its name, a semiditone (3 semitones, or about 300 cents) can hardly be viewed as half of a ditone (4 semitones, or about 400 cents). Source: Internet

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