In writing music, what does going up/down a half step mean?

Answer 1

well, it means you're on a new note in a way. Going one half step up from A makes it A Sharp, while going down one half step from A makes it A Flat. There are symbols for Sharp and Flat but I can't put them on here. The words work fine in writing though. Some notes don't have a half step between them though, like E and F. There is no E Sharp or F Flat. Similarly, there is no B Sharp or C Flat. Those are the two white keys on the piano that don't have a black key between them. The black keys are the half steps.

I just want to add that Angela's answer is a little wrong, just so that you don't get really confused. On the music staff, the notes with lines going through them are not the flat or sharp notes. They are note of themselves. The staff has five lines and four spaces. The lines(ascending) in the treble clef are E, G, B, D, F(commonly remembered as Every Good Boy Does Fine). The spaces(ascending) are the notes F, A, C, E. The flat or sharp notes are marked with # and and symbol that looks like a italic b.

Answer 2

If you add a half step, you make the note sharp, if you go down .. you make it flat. The half Steps are just the notes inbetween each named note
*A, Bb, B, C, Db ,D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab* and so on

ie) one half step below B is Bb (also known as C#). One half step above G is G# (more commonly known as Ab).

Try looking up information on the Circle of Fifths. This may be confusing at first, but really is amazing!

Answer 3

On a piano, you have the white keys and the black keys. The white keys are one note... the black keys are "half-a-step". Also considered going "flat". Same thing with writing music, the lines (I forgot what they were called sorry) anything inbetween the lines or the notes are on the lines (with the line going into the note) is also considered a half-step. Hopefully this helped and I'm sorry if I confused you!!

Answer 4

Going up and going down a half step simply means going up to the very next note, or going down to the very next note. Here are some examples of going up.

C up one 1/2 step is C sharp (also known as D minor )

E up one 1/2 step is F (also known as E sharp )

G up one 1/2 step is A minor (also known as G sharp )

Examples of going down a 1/2 step:

B down one 1/2 step is A sharp (also known as B minor )

E down one 1/2 step is D sharp (also known as E minor )

G down one 1/2 step is F sharp (also known as G minor )

I hope this helps out!

Answer 5

A half step is the smallest step between tones

example - between an adjactent white and black key on the piano

Answer 6

Yes, I think she does write her own music. I consider her quite talented musically. I don't really care much for her personality, but I do think she's talented.