I'm afraid following these rabbit holes would quickly derail us from the central topic Why 'tone' and 'semitone'? Why start with C and not A? Who came up with the piano design anyway? (In classical theory, these are also called a semitone and a tone, respectively.)Īs with many topics in this tutorial, this explanation of intervals and scales may leave you with This series of notes is called a chromatic scale and the distance, or interval, between each note is called aĪn interval of two half-steps makes a whole-step. When we've reached note 13, we've come to another C (an octave higher) and the same 12-note pattern starts again. We can see this on the piano keyboard by counting the notes (both black and white) between two Cs. In Western music, the octave is divided into 12 equidistant notes. Within the interval of an octave, individual pitches or notes can be determined in different ways. Sometimes when trying to match a pitch, we may even sing the note in a different octave and not notice We perceive as the same note, or the same 'kind' of note. The octave is a natural phenomenon whereby doubling the frequency of a note results in a higher pitch that
Two notes of the same name-for example, between two Cs on the piano. One of the most basic intervals in music is the octave, the distance beween We must first grasp the underlying scales and intervals.Īn interval is simply the distance between two notes.
So to accurately name and understand chord symbols, 'But wait, I thought this was a tutorial on chord charts!' Patience-we'll get there.
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