Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p In modern Western tonal music theory a diminished second is the interval between notes on two adjacent staff positions, or having adjacent note letters, whose alterations cause them, in twelve-tone equal temperament, to have no pitch difference, such as B and C♭ or B♯ and C. The two notes may more often be described as Enharmonic equivalents.More specifically, in other tunings and repertoires from Western culture, a diminished second is the minute (smaller than a semitone) pitch interval produced by narrowing a minor second, or diatonic semitone, by a chromatic semitone. It is therefore the difference between the diatonic and chromatic semitones. For instance, the interval from B to C is a diatonic semitone, the interval from B to B♯ is a chromatic semitone, and their difference, the interval from B♯ to C is a diminished second. Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval.The diminished second can be also viewed as a comma, the minute interval between two enharmonically equivalent notes tuned in a slightly different way. This makes it a highly variable quantity between tuning systems. Hence for example C♯ is narrower (or sometimes wider) than D♭ by a diminished second interval, however large or small that may happen to be (see image below).[citation needed]. }
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- Diminished_second abstract "In modern Western tonal music theory a diminished second is the interval between notes on two adjacent staff positions, or having adjacent note letters, whose alterations cause them, in twelve-tone equal temperament, to have no pitch difference, such as B and C♭ or B♯ and C. The two notes may more often be described as Enharmonic equivalents.More specifically, in other tunings and repertoires from Western culture, a diminished second is the minute (smaller than a semitone) pitch interval produced by narrowing a minor second, or diatonic semitone, by a chromatic semitone. It is therefore the difference between the diatonic and chromatic semitones. For instance, the interval from B to C is a diatonic semitone, the interval from B to B♯ is a chromatic semitone, and their difference, the interval from B♯ to C is a diminished second. Being diminished, it is considered a dissonant interval.The diminished second can be also viewed as a comma, the minute interval between two enharmonically equivalent notes tuned in a slightly different way. This makes it a highly variable quantity between tuning systems. Hence for example C♯ is narrower (or sometimes wider) than D♭ by a diminished second interval, however large or small that may happen to be (see image below).[citation needed]".