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- What is a half step and whole step on the piano?
- What is a half step and a whole step in music?
- What are whole and half steps?
What is a half step and whole step on the piano?
On the piano keyboard,the distance between any two adjacent keys, white or black, is a HALF STEP. The HALF STEP is the smallest interval. ... The distance between any two pitches that are TWO half steps apart is called a WHOLE STEP. So the interval, or distance, between F and G is a whole step.
What is a half step and a whole step in music?
What Are Steps in Music? In the language of music theory, a step is the distance between notes of different pitches. A half step, or semitone, is the smallest interval between notes in Western music. ... Two half steps equal one whole step. The notes G and A are one whole step apart, as are the notes B flat and C.
What are whole and half steps?
The distance between the first two notes in a Major scale is a whole step. The distance between the 3rd and 4th notes and the 7th and 8th notes are half steps. Those are the two naturally occuring half steps in a major scale.
