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	A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure\|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo\|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.		A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure\|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo\|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.

	{{Infobox interval\|Ratio=\sqrt[12]{2}\|Name=~~Semitone~~\|Cents=100}}		{{Infobox interval\|Ratio=\sqrt[12]{2}\|Name=12edo semitone, semitone (interval size measure)\|Cents=100}}

	Besides the unmodified semitone, used as an interval size measure, we also speak of the [[diatonic semitone]], or minor second, and the [[chromatic semitone]], or augmented unison, of a diatonic scale. These are equated ([[enharmonic equivalence\|enharmonically equivalent]]) if and only if 12edo is used; for example, they are not the same thing in [[meantone]], where the diatonic semitone is larger than the chromatic semitone, or in [[Pythagorean tuning]], where the diatonic semitone is smaller instead.		Besides the unmodified semitone, used as an interval size measure, we also speak of the [[diatonic semitone]], or minor second, and the [[chromatic semitone]], or augmented unison, of a diatonic scale. These are equated ([[enharmonic equivalence\|enharmonically equivalent]]) if and only if 12edo is used; for example, they are not the same thing in [[meantone]], where the diatonic semitone is larger than the chromatic semitone, or in [[Pythagorean tuning]], where the diatonic semitone is smaller instead.

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	A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure\|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo\|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.		A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure\|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo\|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.

			{{Infobox interval\|Ratio=\sqrt[12]{2}\|Name=Semitone\|Cents=100}}

	Besides the unmodified semitone, used as an interval size measure, we also speak of the [[diatonic semitone]], or minor second, and the [[chromatic semitone]], or augmented unison, of a diatonic scale. These are equated ([[enharmonic equivalence\|enharmonically equivalent]]) if and only if 12edo is used; for example, they are not the same thing in [[meantone]], where the diatonic semitone is larger than the chromatic semitone, or in [[Pythagorean tuning]], where the diatonic semitone is smaller instead.		Besides the unmodified semitone, used as an interval size measure, we also speak of the [[diatonic semitone]], or minor second, and the [[chromatic semitone]], or augmented unison, of a diatonic scale. These are equated ([[enharmonic equivalence\|enharmonically equivalent]]) if and only if 12edo is used; for example, they are not the same thing in [[meantone]], where the diatonic semitone is larger than the chromatic semitone, or in [[Pythagorean tuning]], where the diatonic semitone is smaller instead.

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	A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure\|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo\|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.		A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure\|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo\|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.

			Besides the unmodified semitone, used as an interval size measure, we also speak of the [[diatonic semitone]], or minor second, and the [[chromatic semitone]], or augmented unison, of a diatonic scale. These are equated ([[enharmonic equivalence\|enharmonically equivalent]]) if and only if 12edo is used; for example, they are not the same thing in [[meantone]], where the diatonic semitone is larger than the chromatic semitone, or in [[Pythagorean tuning]], where the diatonic semitone is smaller instead.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Semitone]] (disambiguation page)		* [[Semitone]] (disambiguation page)

			[[Category:Interval size measures]]
			[[Category:12edo]]

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A '''semitone''' is one half of a [[tone]]. It is most commonly used as an [[interval size measure|unit of interval size]] with a value equal to [[12edo|1\12]], exactly 100{{cent}}. An exact semitone in [[just intonation]] would be expressed as sqrt([[9/8]]), with a value of about 102{{c}}.

== See also ==
* [[Semitone]] (disambiguation page)