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    The document discusses tones and semitones in music. A tone is a full step on the piano or guitar fretboard, consisting of two keys or frets apart. A semitone is a half step, with only one key or fret between the notes. The relationship between different notes can be classified as either a tone or semitone. For example, C to D is a tone, while C to C# is a semitone.

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    The document discusses tones and semitones in music. A tone is a full step on the piano or guitar fretboard, consisting of two keys or frets apart. A semitone is a half step, with only one key or fret between the notes. The relationship between different notes can be classified as either a tone or semitone. For example, C to D is a tone, while C to C# is a semitone.

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    Tones & Semi Tones

    # Sharp Makes note 1 semitone higher

    b Flat Makes note 1 semitone lower

    Natural Cancels out # & b that have gone before it

    Tones & semitones represent the distance between two notes.

    TONE Full step Piano: 2 keys apart/Guitar: 2 frets apart

    SEMITONE Half step Piano: 1 key apart/Guitar: 1 fret apart

    The piano keyboard is a great visual to understand tones & semitones. It is made up of white keys and black keys. The
    white keys are the notes, with the black keys the “half-way islands” in between.

    So C-D is a TONE, and C-C# is a SEMITONE.

    Every black key has two names, as it depends on if you are sharpening the note below, or flattening the note above it.
    So the halfway island between C & D can be called C# or Db. This is called ENHARMONICS (notes with two names).

    As you can see, there isn’t a black key between E & F, or B & C. This means that E-F is a SEMITONE, as is B-C. (This also
    means that E, F, B & C have enharmonic names too. E could also be Fb, F could also be E#, B could also be Cb & B could
    also be B#)

    Every major scale consists of the same pattern of tones & semitones. Because the black keys on the piano are placed
    in an irregular pattern, this means that every major scale has a different combination of sharps or flats.

    TONE TONE SEMITONE TONE TONE TONE SEMITONE


    Work out any major scale using this pattern & the piano keyboard.

    ❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑
    The Circle Of 5ths is an easy way to see which scales/keys contains which sharps & flats.

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