In this lesson, I’m going to teach you what the Half Step (or Semitone) and the Whole Step (or Whole Tone) Musical Intervals are. Just to be clear, a Half Step can also be referred to as a Semitone. A Whole Step can also be referred to as a Whole Tone.
What is a musical interval? A musical interval is the difference or distance in pitch between 2 musical notes. If you move from one musical note to the next musical note on the left or to the right of the Piano, then that means that you have moved by a half step (a half step is also known as a semitone).
If you move by 2 half steps to the right or to the left of the Piano i.e. if you skip one musical note and you move to the note that is after the note that you skipped (e.g. if you move from the note C to the note D), then that means that you have moved by a whole step (a whole step is also known as a whole tone).
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