Semitone

The smallest step in Western music — one fret, one piano key

A semitone, or half step, is the smallest pitch increment on instruments tuned in equal temperament — which is nearly all of them. It is the distance between adjacent frets on a guitar or adjacent keys on a piano. Two semitones make a whole step (a major 2nd), and twelve make an octave.

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