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2. Semitone - Wikipedia

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   It is defined as the interval between two adjacent notes in a 12-tone scale (or half of a whole step), visually seen on a keyboard as the distance between two keys that are adjacent to each other. For example, C is adjacent to C ♯ ; the interval between them is a semitone.

3. Wicki–Hayden note layout - Wikipedia

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   The intervals between neighboring white keys are irregular: sometimes a whole step (C–D) and at others a half step (E–F). The combination of white and black keys and the pitch-to-key distance and vector is irregular. New players must watch the keyboard, instead of reading the score.

4. Aeolian mode - Wikipedia

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   On the piano, using only the white keys, it is the scale that starts with A and continues to the next A only striking white keys. Its ascending interval form consists of a key note, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step.

5. Minor scale - Wikipedia

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   This pattern of whole and half steps characterizes the natural minor scales. The intervals between the notes of a natural minor scale follow the sequence below: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole. where "whole" stands for a whole tone (a red u-shaped curve in the figure), and "half" stands for a semitone (a red angled line in the ...

6. Mode (music) - Wikipedia

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   For the sake of simplicity, the examples shown above are formed by natural notes (also called "white notes", as they can be played using the white keys of a piano keyboard). However, any transposition of each of these scales is a valid example of the corresponding mode.

7. Diatonic scale - Wikipedia

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   The modern musical keyboard originated as a diatonic keyboard with only white keys. [4] The black keys were progressively added for several purposes: improving the consonances, mainly the thirds, by providing a major third on each degree; allowing all twelve transpositions described above; and helping musicians to find their bearings on the ...