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What note is a half step above C?
C#/Db is a half step above C.
Which second has one whole step and one half step?
augmented
An second has one whole step and one half step?
augmented
What note is a down whole step from c?
B flat. I picture it on the piano, one key is one semi-tone or half a tone. Two of these makes one whole tone, or one whole step. One half step down from C would be the note B, another half step would then go to B flat. That is one whole step.
What is a whole step above b?
C Natural is a whole step above B flat. If you look at a piano, a half step above B Flat is B Natural, and one more half step above that is C Natural. So it's a whole step from B Flat to C Natural.
Why does a perfect note when reduced by half step becomes a diminished interval?
It's a perfect interval that is called a diminished interval when reduced by half step; there is no such thing as a perfect note. Minor intervals are also called diminished intervals when reduced by half step. If you listen to a perfect fourth and a diminished fourth, for example, they clearly have very different sounds, so they need different names.
Intervals of less then a half step?
One quarter tone is half of a half step. They aren't used in Western music hardly at all, but you can find them in the Middle East.
The term describes intervals of less than a half step?
It's called a "first". Actually there is no interval, because it is the same note. Consider it the interval nº 0. There is such a thing as a quarter tone, which is half of a half step, but they aren't used in Western music hardly at all. They are, however, prevalent in the Middle East.
What is the interval of a scale?
An interval is the distance between two pitches. These intervals are measured in half-steps and whole steps. For example, a half-step is like C to Db. A whole step would be C to D. A major scale is made up of these steps as so: C MAJOR Whole step, Whole step, Half step, Whole step, Whole step, Whole step, Half step. C to D, D to E, E to F, F to G, G to A, A to B, B to C WWHWWWH You may have noticed that from E to F and from B to C it was a half step just as if it were from C to Db. This is because these pitches are simply a half step away from each other.
What are chords that contain tones a half step or whole step apart called?
Tone Cluster
Chords that contain tones a half-step or whole-step apart are called?
tone clusters
What are Chords that contain tones a half step or a whole step are called?
tone cluster APEX
Where is major half steps?
A half step is a half step. It is also called a minor third. There is no "major" when it comes to half steps. If you meant the half steps on white keys on a keyboard, then that would be B-C and E-F.
What is the interval from A to B flat?
The interval from A to Bb is a minor 2nd, also called a half step.
What the difference from C sharp and C note?
That is commonly called a half step.
What raises a pitch by one half step?
The symbol to lower a note a half step is called a flat.
What is the formula for a scale?
whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step.
