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Whole tone

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  1. a commonly occurring musical interval

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  2. ( ), also called a whole step or a whole tone,One source says step is "chiefly US."[http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/step] The preferred usage has been argued since the 19th century

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  3. "Mr. M. in teaching the Diatonic scale calls a tone a step, and a semitone a half step

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  4. "… to use the term tone for a whole step is certainly objectionable …" (1897)

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  5. now, who ever heard of a step in music, or in sound ? Can any one suppose that a pupil will understand the meaning of tone and semitone any sooner by calling them step or half step, … ?" (1853)

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