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whole tone

noun

  1. an interval of two semitones; a frequency difference of 200 cents in the system of equal temperament Often shortened totone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


whole tone

  1. An interval between musical notes. Do and re are a whole tone apart, as are re and mi, fa and sol, sol and la, and la and ti.
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“The whole tone changes,” she says of that moment.

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Climbing effortlessly through whole tones, on the backdrop of baritone blues shouts, we levitate into ethereal pleasantries.

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The whole tone of the broadcast was “infotainment ” at its worst.

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If you go up or down two half steps from one note to another, then those notes are a whole step, or whole tone apart.

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“But by now,” he said, “the Chinese Communist Party is in a very different position. The whole tone has changed.”

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