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Half step - The interval from one pitch to the immediately adjacent pitch, ascending or descending, e.g. c-c ; e-e ; b-c. The smallest interval on the keyboard.
Harmony - The sounding of two or more tones simultaneously; the vertical aspect of music.
Hemiola - The term applied to time values in the ration of 3:2, e.g. three half notes in place of two dotted half notes.
Homophony, Homophonic - Musical texture which is characterized by chordal support of a melodic line.