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Definition of Semitonic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
Definition of Semitonic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a semitone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semitonic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semitonic
Literary usage of Semitonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rudiments of the Art of Playing the Pianoforte, with Numerous Exercises by Charles Child Spencer (1853)
"THE semitonic scale is frequently introduced in ornamental parts of the music,
such as protracted or suspended cadences, &C., in which the notes are to be ..."
2. Choice Readings by Anna Randall Diehl (1883)
"semitonic WAVE. Pity the sorrows of a poor old man. Hail, holy light! DIATOMIC WAVE.
High on a throne of royal state? WAVE OF A THIRD. ..."
3. The Musical World (1851)
"Being a perfect System founded upon Discovery of the true semitonic Scale — JJ
HAITE. Ewer and Co. — Cocks and Co. This is an ingenious treatise, ..."
4. Manual of Physical and Vocal Training: For the Use of Schools and for by Lewis Baxter Monroe (1869)
"3. Alternate rising and falling slides. 4. semitonic falling slides. 5. ... 6.
semitonic rising and falling slides. 7. Rising circumflex. ..."
5. Manual of Physical and Vocal Training: For the Use of Schools and for by Lewis Baxter Monroe (1871)
"3. Alternate rising and falling slides. 4. semitonic falling slides. 5. ... 6.
semitonic rising and falling slides. 7. Rising circumflex. ..."
6. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"semitonic. Pertaining to n semitone ; applied to ... semitonic Scale. The chromatic
scale, proceeding by semitones, formed by a division of the diatonic ..."
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