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A '''semitone''' is an interval that makes up part of a [[tone]], often as one step of a 12-tone chromatic scale. In [[just intonation]], an interval may be classified as a semitone if it is reasonably mapped to [[24edo|2\24]]. The use of 24edo's 2\24 as the mapping criteria here rather than [[12edo]]'s 1\12 better captures the characteristics of many intervals in the [[11-limit|11-]] and [[13-limit]]. Semitones come in two functional categories based on their number of steps in the [[5L 2s|diatonic]] scale: | A '''semitone''' is an interval that makes up part of a [[tone]], often as one step of a 12-tone chromatic scale. In [[just intonation]], an interval may be classified as a semitone if it is reasonably mapped to [[24edo|2\24]]. The use of 24edo's 2\24 as the mapping criteria here rather than [[12edo]]'s 1\12 better captures the characteristics of many intervals in the [[11-limit|11-]] and [[13-limit]]. Semitones come in two functional categories based on their number of steps in the [[5L 2s|diatonic]] scale: | ||
* [[Diatonic semitone]]s, minor seconds (m2), or limmas, | * [[Diatonic semitone]]s, minor seconds (m2), or limmas, | ||