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How many semitones in an octave?

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Gillmoore

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I am not assuming I am in the key of F (one flat), there is one semi-tone in each octave: B flat.

While Iam navigating the entire 2 1/2 octave range, navigating the range chromatically, then each note change is a semi-tone, 13 semi-tones in all for each octave. So 13+13+6 = 32 semi-tones in 2½ octaves.

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Each semi-tone is 1/12 of an octave meaning there are 12 semi-tones in an octave.

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idk thats why i come here

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