01-01-02 The Chromatic Scale

Question 1

Where is the note C on a keyboard?

Answer 1

Always to the left of a group of two black keys.

Question 2

Explain a half step

Answer 2

A half step is the distance from one piano key to the next closes (Whether it happens to be white or black).

Question 3

What are natural half steps and list them

Answer 3

Half steps where the notes do not use accidentals. B to C and E to F are natural half steps

Question 4

Explain accidentals

Answer 4

Accidentals are signs that modify the pitch of a note.

Question 5

Explain a flat

Answer 5

Where a note is flattened by a semitone. E.g. A to Ab

Question 6

Explain a natural

Answer 6

Cancels out other accidentals and returns the note to its natural state. E.g. A# to A

Question 7

Explain a sharp

Answer 7

Where a note is sharpened by a semitone. E.g. A to A#

Question 8

Explain enharmonic notes

Answer 8

Notes that have two different letter names. E.g. C# and Db are enharmonic to each other.

Question 9

Explain a double flat

Answer 9

Lowers a flat note by another semitone, keeping the same letter name. E.g. Ab to Abb

Question 10

Explain a double sharp

Answer 10

Sharpens a sharped note by another semitone, keeping the same letter name. E.g. A# to A##

Question 11

Explain a whole step

Answer 11

A whole step is two half steps together. E.g. C - D

Question 12

Explain a scale

Answer 12

A series of notes from low to high following some pattern of whole steps and half steps.

Question 13

Explain the chromatic scale

Answer 13

A chromatic scale lists all the notes in order from a note to the same note an octave lower or higher.