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whole step
noun
, Music.
- an interval of two semitones, as A-B or B-C♯; a major second.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whole step1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
The interval between the two tones may therefore be either a half-step or a whole-step.
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The expressions half-step and whole-step are much to be preferred to half-tone and whole-tone, as being more clear and definite.
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If strictly logical terminology is to be insisted upon the whole-tone scale should be called the "whole-step" scale.
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