minor 2nd, minor second, m2, bII

An interval in the range of approximately 100 cents (¢). This interval is often called the diatonic semitone, because it always involves a change of letter-name (as opposed to the chromatic semitone, which does not).

There are a wide variety of different intervals that have been employed as minor 2nds.

[from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony]

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Updated: 2002.1.8

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