A diatonic semitone is usually represented by the adjacent letter names. The next higher letter pitch to C is D. The answer is D (natural).
The note above F can be labelled as F sharp or G flat.
A sharp.
C#/Db is a half step above C.
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.
G is half a note higher than F#. The full scale is C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
B sharp if it is one and a half step up, but if just half then it is A sharp. -BJ
The symbol to lower a note a half step is called a flat.
B (B natural).
A sharp, also known as B flat.
It is usually written just to the right of the note. A sharp means to raise one half step and flat means to lower one half step.
It is a note a half step above or below the original note (a sharp or flat).
Sharp (usually a half step above the natural note)
It means the tone is 1/2 step above the note given. A full step would be to go from A to B, therefore a half step would be A sharp.
The note above F can be labelled as F sharp or G flat.
A sharp.
To find the key signature of "do" in music, look at the last sharp in the key signature. The note one half step above that sharp is "do."
A half step above G. G sharp and A flat are one in the same.