B sharp if it is one and a half step up, but if just half then it is A sharp. -BJ
G sharp
A B sharp is actually a C, and it's a half step up from B and a half step down from C sharp. So basically its between B natural and C sharp.
the note is an A This question is not clear; assuming 'half a step' means a semitone then the answer is G# aka Ab.
On the piano, if one plays B-sharp the heard note is C-natural. Conversely if one plays C-flat, the heard note is B-natural. For the same reasons the interval between E and F is also a half step. A musical scale can have only 12 semi-tones (half-steps).
it makes the note a half step higher
B sharp if it is one and a half step up, but if just half then it is A sharp. -BJ
In music, a flat is a half step down from a note. It is the opposite of a Sharp which is a half step up. Sharps and Flats on the piano are the black keys.
A sharp raises a note by a half-step. A flat lowers a note by a half-step. Any one key on the piano - both white and black - can be referred to as a sharp or a flat. For example: C-natural - a white key - can also be called B-sharp or D-double-flat. Or, for another example: G# - a black key - can also be called A-flat. The exact symbol used for a note (i.e. a flat or a sharp) is determined by the key signature and the specific harmonics within the music.
G sharp
A B sharp is actually a C, and it's a half step up from B and a half step down from C sharp. So basically its between B natural and C sharp.
the note is an A This question is not clear; assuming 'half a step' means a semitone then the answer is G# aka Ab.
Go up a half-step from the last sharp in the key signature.
On the piano, if one plays B-sharp the heard note is C-natural. Conversely if one plays C-flat, the heard note is B-natural. For the same reasons the interval between E and F is also a half step. A musical scale can have only 12 semi-tones (half-steps).
For half step sharps, the most commonly used and the one you are probably referring to that raises a pitch a half tone up, you use a # symbol. If you are writing on manuscript (staff paper), you write the # symbol before the note. If you are writing it on regular notebook paper, you write it after the note name, i.e. C#. For whole step sharps, which raises a pitch a whole tone up, you use a x symbol. The position of the symbol is the same as half step sharps. For quarter step sharps, which are unconventional in western music but used in oriental music, look it up on wikipedia. The position of the symbol is the same as half step sharps also.
There are seven main notes, A, B, C, D, E, F, G which can be played in infinite octaves. Each note also has a sharp (one half step up) and a flat (on half step down). The main notes are the white keys on the piano and except in very certain cases the flats and sharps are the black keys.
The answer is C. Since B is one half step up from B flat, and C is one half step up from B, and two halves make a whole :)