Halftone |

lat. semitonium, hemitonium, nem. Halbton

ʻO ka manawa liʻiliʻi loa o ka 12-step europ. hale mele. Aia ka P. chromatic (apotomy) a me ka diatonic (limma). I ka ʻōnaehana Pythagorean chromatic. P. ma ka Pythagorean comma ua oi aku ka diatonic. Ma ka pālākiō hoʻohaʻahaʻa ua like nā pitch a pau, ʻo ke kaʻina o 12 pitches e hoʻopiha i ka leo o ka octave. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Diatonic P. ma waena o nā ʻanuʻu pili o ka unahi (sekona liʻiliʻi), no ka laʻana hc, d-es; chromatic - P., hoʻonaʻauao DOS. ʻanuʻu a me kona hoʻonui a emi ʻana paha (hoʻonui prima), no ka laʻana. f-fis, hb a i ʻole, as-a, cis-c, etc., a me ka piʻi ʻana a me kona piʻi pālua, kahi ʻanuʻu haʻahaʻa a me kona emi pālua, no ka laʻana. fis-fisis, b-heses, a me ka hope. ʻO ke kolu hoʻemi ʻelua ʻelua he enharmonic e like me P. See Temperament, Diatonic, Chromatism, Enharmonism.

VA Vakhromeev