0 the largest difference in pitch between two notes that are next to each other in the western musical scale:
1 the largest difference in sound between two notes that are next to each other in a musical scale (= series of notes)
The first valve lowers the pitch by a whole step (two semitones), the second valve by a semitone, and the third valve by three semitones.
Townshend's guitars were tuned down a whole step for the recording.
The basses de violon were tuned a whole step lower than a modern cello but were roughly the same size and shape.
In almost every case, the definitive tonality for solo numbers is lower by a half step or a whole step than the tonality in the sketch.
This song is played a whole step lower.
In the present context, a step is a melodic interval of a half or whole step.
They are also the result of superimposing two diminished seventh chords set either half a step or a whole step from each other.
Harmonics starting three octaves above the fundamental pitch are about a whole step apart, making a useful variety of notes possible.
