Semitone (interval size measure)

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

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