For the song, see Tao of the Dead. Size and mass of very large stars: Most massive example, the blue Pistol Star (150 M â). Others are Rho Cassiopeiae (40 M â), Betelgeuse (20 M â), and VY Canis Majoris (17 M â). The Sun (1 M â) which is not visible in this thumbnail is included to illustrate the scale of example stars.
Full Definition of SEMITONE. : the tone at a half step; also: half step. â semiÂ·tonÂ·ic \Ëse-mÄ-Ëtae-ËtÃ¤, nik-Ëse-, -ËmÄ«-\ mi. â adjectiveÂ·semiÂ·tonÂ·iÂ·cal \-ly-ni(k-)É\ lÄ. Adverb see semitone defined For-english language. Learners see semitone defined for. kidsull Definition of SEMITONE. : the tone at a half step; also: half step. â semiÂ·tonÂ·ic \Ëse-mÄ-Ëtae-ËtÃ¤, nik-Ëse-, -ËmÄ«-\ mi. â adjectiveÂ·semiÂ·tonÂ·iÂ·cal \-ly-ni(k-)É\ lÄ. Adverb see semitone defined For-english language. learners
Pick a note on the keyboard, now find the next semitone to right. Move right one more semitone, and youâve got a WHOLE TONE. You can do the same thing in the opposite direction. Now that we have fleshed out the intracacies of the Western concept of a semitone, we can delve a bit further.A semitone comes in two âflavoursâ: chromatic and diatonic. When a semitone contains two notes with the same letter name, it is called a CHROMATIC SEMITONE. See below for examples of chromatic semitones.As you can easily see, the notes of a chromatic semitone are the same, but one is altered with an accidental.ick a note on the keyboard, now find the next semitone to right. Move right one more semitone, and youâve got a WHOLE TONE. You can do the same thing in the opposite direction. Now that we have fleshed out the intracacies of the Western concept of a semitone, we can delve a bit further.