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whole tone en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though tuning systems that are not meantone have a "major tone" of 9/8 and a "minor tone" of 10/9.

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whole tones Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

semitone

Synonyms

whole step · tone

Translations (6)

pl cały ton (interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9) · fi kokoaskel (interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9) · fi kokosävelaskel (interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9) · no heltone (interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9) · de Ganzton (interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9) · fi sävelaskel (interval approximating 9/8 or 10/9)