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Half steps & whole steps
A half step is the smallest move on the piano: to the very next key, black or white. Two half steps make a whole step.
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
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The half step
- Half steps: C–C♯, C♯–D, E–F, B–C0:12
The whole step
- Whole steps: C–D, E–F♯, C♯–D♯, B♭–C0:12
- Look-alikes: C–D is a whole step, E–F a half step0:07
- The major scale from C: W W H W W W H0:09
On the staff
- C–D, E–F♯, E–F, F–F♯0:12
Try it
- Half steps from C to C: the chromatic scale0:11
- Whole steps from C: back to C in six moves0:08
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