How to pronounce “half step”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (music, US) The distance between two tones. In 12-tone equal temperament, its frequency ratio is
• 2
• 1
• /
• 12
• {\displaystyle 2^{1/12}}
• , or about 1.059 or 18/17.

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