Demitone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɛmɪtəʊn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Demitone is a noun meaning (music) A semitone.
Meaning
(music) A semitone.
More Meanings
- (figurative, by extension) A tiny amount; a shade of difference; a gradation; a nuance.
- A muted tone; a subdued manner of speaking.
- (art) A color that is only partly saturated.
- (figurative) Something that is necessary to produce harmony and completeness.
Example Sentences
I would speak to you, I have seen this opulence banishing by shades, by demitones!
composed of demitones and shadings, while also being as faithful as possible to the many subtle gradations of his meanings and insinuations.
I am somewhat annoyed to be obliged to transpose everything for this concert because of the G. Gaveau harpsichord, which is constructed a demitone too low.
demitone short of the snapping point, makes her suffering sympathetic — admirable even, for its seems a triumph to function in the face of crippling nerves.
Word Forms
- demitones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hemitone, semitone, semidiapason, ditone, subsemitone, semidiapente.
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