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QUARTER TONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quarter tone mean? 

QUARTER TONE (noun)
  The noun QUARTER TONE has 1 sense:

1. half of a semitoneplay

  Familiarity information: QUARTER TONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUARTER TONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Half of a semitone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

quarter-tone; quarter tone

Hypernyms ("quarter tone" is a kind of...):

interval; musical interval (the difference in pitch between two notes)


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