Intervals

Accidentals

Sharp, Natural, and Flat

Terms and Definitions

• Accidental - Sharps, Naturals, and Flats. A symbol that changes the Pitch of a note

• Sharp - moves a Note's Pitch UP by a Half Step

• Flat - move a Note's Pitch DOWN by a Half Step

• Natural - Cancels out a previous Sharp or Flat

• Half Step - The distance from one note, to the next adjacent, or touching, note

• Whole Step - 2 Half Steps. The distance from one note to another when there is always one note between them.

Half Steps

• Sharps move a Note's Pitch UP by a Half Step

• Flats move a Note's Pitch DOWN by a Half Step

Whole Steps