Noun
whole tone (plural whole tones)
(music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to two semitones or two-twelfths of an octave.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males. Sharon Gless
It would not be too much to say that if all drinking of fermented liquors could be done away, crime of every kind would fall to a fourth of its present amount, and the whole tone of moral feeling in the lower order might be indefinitely raised. Charles Buxton
Additionally, it also makes the semitone exactly half a whole tone, the simplest possible relationship. Source: Internet
Dmitri Tymoczko, "Scale Networks and Debussy", Journal of Music Theory 48, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 219–94; citation on 254–64 To the right, the first scale is a whole tone scale, while the second and third scales are diatonic scales. Source: Internet
"Meantone" can receive the following equivalent definitions: * The meantone is the mean between the major whole tone (9/8 in just intonation) and the minor whole tone (10/9 in just intonation). Source: Internet