semitone BrE
half step AmE

You've taken that down a semitone to to make it minor.

In those days, because of the tuning systems used, not all the semitones were exactly the same size.

Furthermore, the notes not held in common differ by only a semitone.

Two other kinds of semitones are produced by 5-limit tuning.

It also causes the sound to be raised by two-thirds of a semitone.

This scale corresponds to the note numbers for whole semitones.

As a result, the music is almost a semitone lower in pitch at the end of the track, compared to the beginning.

The subject contains 11 of the 12 semitones available.

The remainder is a retrograde of the same series a semitone lower.

The names listed here cannot be determined by counting semitones alone.

The composer was free to write semitones wherever he wished.

This version was a semitone higher than the original.

In just intonation, more than two kinds of semitones may be produced.

To make it diminished you just take it down another semitone.

The exact size of a semitone depends on the tuning system used.

Commas are often defined as the difference in size between two semitones.

This means playing the note a semitone above or below one of the chord tones.

Except for the fourth and fifth which is easy cos that's just one semitone less.

Two horns sounded together, a semitone apart, calling the halt.

"If people show it, give or take a semitone, they'll claim perfect pitch," she said.

It is also a semitone higher in the demo.

On a guitar, for example, each fret represents one semitone.

Multiplying it by 12 gives the number of semitones above that frequency.

The introduction to the finale, with its rising figure in semitones, is especially remarkable.

Each fret closer to the body raises the pitch by a semitone.

I think he is always a half step ahead of me.

So we're going to try to get that half step.

He moved toward it a half step without a sound.

He took a half step back, as though I had raised my hand to him.

And now he did move forward, a half step only, but it took him out of the light.

The fat man took another half step back to stay out of the way.

In other words the top note is raised a half step.

Ryan let go of her and took a half step back.

"Maybe it would be better if you put your hand on my arm and let me stay about a half step ahead."

Her face went white and she took a half step backward.

Maybe I should only tackle six and a half steps.

I took a half step forward, close enough to confirm that he looked very dead.

Bush edged off first, his lead four and a half steps.

She straightened away slowly and took a half step back.

We see this as a half step in the evolution of the web.

The four that made it to Music were all tuned down one half step.

He took another half step closer and had to bend his head to look down at her.

He moved a half step sideways to see what was happening.

He took a half step back, leaning against the counter.

He raised the notes another half step and waited to see the effect.

She took a half step back, looking at him as if he were a madman.

He absorbed the blow by taking a half step back.

Dani was maybe a half step in front of him.

Critics say these measures, while helpful, are only a half step.

McCoy took a half step toward her, but was still behind the captain.