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Demitone means (music) A semitone..
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/ˈdɛmɪtəʊn/ · noun
(music) A semitone..
Before X-ray we used to talk glibly, and sometimes I suspect without justification, of differences of demitones and half demitones in percussion of the chest and slight enlargements of the heart.
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.
If we play the two lines on a piano, it becomes clear after a few repetitions (that is, once a distinction between the acoustic shape and the background is established) that what we actually hear in the foreground is a succession of fragments made up of a repeating demitone (here, B C B C B C, etc.).
I would speak to you, I have seen this opulence banishing by shades, by demitones!
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.
composed of demitones and shadings, while also being as faithful as possible to the many subtle gradations of his meanings and insinuations.
The three terms Other, Foreigner, and Stranger are similar at times, but they are not the same. They command precise and prudent readings. But such readings are performed at dawn or dusk, in half-light. Our inquiries are in demitones.
To begin: she arranged all her answers in a species of chromatic scale, according to her usage, and which again close the following demtones: to begin, the calm, which is called also indifference; then the supineness; and, to finish, the disdain.
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Demitone means (music) A semitone..
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Before X-ray we used to talk glibly, and sometimes I suspect without justification, of differences of demitones and half demitones in percussion of the chest and slight enlargements of the heart.
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