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quarter-tone vs musical interval

musical interval vs quarter-tone

quarter-tone and musical interval both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
quarter-tone Yes No No No
musical interval Yes No No No
As nouns, musical interval is a hypernym of quarter-tone; that is, musical interval is a word with a broader meaning than quarter-tone:
  • quarter-tone: half of a semitone
  • musical interval: the difference in pitch between two notes
Other hypernyms of quarter-tone include interval.
quarter-tone (noun) musical interval (noun)
half of a semitone the difference in pitch between two notes
Difference between quarter-tone and musical interval

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