| 单词 | semitone |
| 释义 | semitone noun[C] mainlyUKuk/ˈsem.i.təʊn/us/ˈsem.i.toʊn/(USusuallyhalf step)thesmallestdifferenceinsoundbetween twonotesthat are next to each other in thewesternmusicalscale （西方音乐中音阶的）半音Compare tonenoun(DIFFERENCE IN SOUND)mainlyUK Notes of the musical scale
Examplesofsemitonesemitone And here the semitones are the responsible party, or to be more precise, the majorsemitone. From theCambridge English Corpus These pitches are then connected in descending sweeps from the highestsemitonein the series, creating fast chromatic scales. From theCambridge English Corpus In this, and the remaining scores, the actual pitch of the instruments is about asemitonelower than written. From theCambridge English Corpus The so-called major scale is defined by the intervals: tone, tone,semitone, tone, tone,semitone. From theCambridge English Corpus The hermit thrush uses a pentatonic scale, the canyon wren all twelve semitones. From theCambridge English Corpus He also often tuned asemitonebelow normal tuning, producing a different timbre and more opportunities for string bending. From theCambridge English Corpus Movement during the performance of the structure might transform the pitch space within a range from onesemitoneto six octaves. 12. From theCambridge English Corpus Its pitch was either unchanged (no distortion), or lowered by 3 semitones (moderate distortion) or 6 semitones (severe distortion). From theCambridge English Corpus The representation of pitch in relative semitones is made on a scale for minimum of 0 to a maximum of 24. From theCambridge English Corpus The pitch differences show a range of roughly 30 semitones. From theCambridge English Corpus The second species of diapason has asemitoneafter its fourth; the fifth, a whole tone. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, their concern is to perform tones and semitones correctly. From theCambridge English Corpus Total amount of pitch change (including all fluctuations) was measured in semitones and normalized for syllable duration. From theCambridge English Corpus This phrase has a pitch bend down and then back up of about 2/3 of asemitone(about 67 cents). From theCambridge English Corpus This acute concern in medieval notational and pedagogical systems with the placement of semitones suggests very strongly that they are important to tonal organization. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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