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musical interval vs quarter-tone

quarter-tone vs musical interval

musical interval and quarter-tone both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
musical interval Yes No No No
quarter-tone Yes No No No
As nouns, quarter-tone is a hyponym of musical interval; that is, quarter-tone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical interval:
  • musical interval: the difference in pitch between two notes
  • quarter-tone: half of a semitone
Other hyponyms of musical interval include step, tone, whole step, whole tone, half step, semitone, quarter tone, musical octave, octave, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh.
musical interval (noun) quarter-tone (noun)
the difference in pitch between two notes half of a semitone
Difference between musical interval and quarter-tone

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