Lesson 3.1 Half and Whole Steps

An _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the distance between two notes on the piano keyboard or between two different handbells.

Is there a black key between every pair of adjacent white keys?

• YES

• NO

Which keys organize the piano keyboard?

• White keys

• Black keys

• It depends

• It doesn't matter

There are _ groups of two black keys in the image on the video.

The white key immediately to the LEFT of the group of two black keys is always named _ .

There are _ groups of 3 black keys highlighted on the screen right now.

The white key immediately to the LEFT of every group of 3 black keys is always called _ .

The smallest interval in our traditional Western music is the _ _ _ _ step, which is the distance between two adjacent keys on the piano keyboard with no key between them, or between two handbells with no bell between them.

Two halves of anything equal a _ _ _ _ _ .

What are the basic intervals that all of our music is built upon?

• half step

• whole step

• chord

• scale