A. whole note
A. Half Step.
2nd
8
octave
A step is the distance between two notes. A half step is the shortest (tonal) distance between two notes (such as between B and C), and a whole step is therefore a distance of two half steps between two notes (such as between C and D, since C#/Db is between them).
A half step.
A. Half Step.
2nd
The smallest interval in traditional western (hemisphere) music is the half step
5th
8
octave
A step is the distance between two notes. A half step is the shortest (tonal) distance between two notes (such as between B and C), and a whole step is therefore a distance of two half steps between two notes (such as between C and D, since C#/Db is between them).
semi tone or flat
bar lines
The musical interval between two notes depends on the ratio of their frequencies. An octave is a ratio of 2:1 and, in equal temperament comprises 12 equal semitones, which therefore have a ratio of 21/12.
No the smallest gap between any two black notes is a tone (full step)It is false, almost any key of the piano is a whole step apart. The only pair of two adjacent notes only a semitone apart are the white keys B/C and E/F.