Music Theory for Beginners: Discover How to Read Music at Any Age and Start Having Fun With Your Guitar, Piano, or Any Other Instrument. (With Musical Exercises & an Online Audio: Book 1) by Roy Maxwell

Author:Roy Maxwell [Maxwell, Roy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Arte e intrattenimento
Published: 2020-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Taking it a Step Further

The smallest/shortest interval in Western music is the half step. On the piano, half steps usually appear between the keys B and C and between the keys E and F. In other cases they simply appear between a white key and a black key. For example, from D to D sharp (E flat) and F sharp to G are half steps. The one-half step is called a semi-tone.

Two half steps make one whole step or we can just say that two semitones make one whole tone. The interval that lies between the notes F and G is simply a whole tone and the interval between B and C sharp is also a whole tone. Now that we know about steps, it’s a little easier now to understand how sharps and flats work. Whenever you sharpen a musical note, you move the pitch up a half step (a semitone). When you flatten a note, you lower the pitch by a half step. Take the note C, for example, If you add a flat to the note C, you are simply lowering it a half step. Because the first key to the left of C is the key B, this simply means that C flat equals B natural. When you add a sharp to the note C, you are taking it up one half step. The first musical note to the right of the note C is the note we call C-sharp. This black (C sharp) key is also the first key to the left of D, which means C sharp is the same as D flat.

You can use this step method to describe the intervals between two musical notes even though once you get more than just a few steps away, the numbering becomes a little difficult. In case you’re trying to figure out which note is seven half steps above middle C (the note is G, in case you’re counting), it’s time to use another method to describe our intervals.

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