A semitone refers to the smallest interval used in Western music theory. It represents a distance of one half step between two adjacent notes.
Chromatic Scale: The chromatic scale includes all twelve pitches within an octave and consists entirely of consecutive semitones.
Whole Tone Scale: Unlike the semitone, which represents a half step, the whole tone scale consists only of whole steps or tones between each note.
Enharmonic Equivalent: Enharmonic equivalents are two different notations (such as C# and Db) that represent the same pitch on an instrument but are written differently.
AP Music Theory - 2.4 Other Scales: Chromatic, Whole-Tone, and Pentatonic
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