whole tone; whole step
Music term for an interval of two semitones. Used in contexts such as scales, intervals, and tuning.
Please explain the difference between a whole tone and a semitone.
This melody goes up by whole steps.
whole note; semibreve
diatonic scale
meantone temperament
whole-tone scale
Compound of 全 (whole) and 音 (sound, tone), directly describing a whole tone interval.