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Page 1: The Whole Step · PDF fileMartin Gureasko Unlike the half step, which creates tension or dissonance, the whole step is pleasing and adds color. Let’s return to Nadia’s

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TheWholeStep

SQUARETWO:TheWholeStep

Review:Ahalfstep(alsocalledasemitone)isthesmallestmusicalintervalusedinWesternmusic.

Anintervalisthedistancebetweentwotones.

Awholestepiscomprisedoftwohalfsteps.

Goingbacktothepianokeyboard,awholestepisthedistancebetweentwokeyswithonlyonekeyinbetweenthem.

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Page 2: The Whole Step · PDF fileMartin Gureasko Unlike the half step, which creates tension or dissonance, the whole step is pleasing and adds color. Let’s return to Nadia’s

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So,let’slookatandlistentosomeexamplesofhowthewholestepsounds.

I’llstartwithathreenotemelody(usingthefirst3notesofascale).

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Page 3: The Whole Step · PDF fileMartin Gureasko Unlike the half step, which creates tension or dissonance, the whole step is pleasing and adds color. Let’s return to Nadia’s

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ThemelodyofMaryHadALittleLambiscomprisedofwholesteps.

IntheopeninglineofMaroon5’sSad,therearesomewholesteps,asshownintheexamplebelow.

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Page 4: The Whole Step · PDF fileMartin Gureasko Unlike the half step, which creates tension or dissonance, the whole step is pleasing and adds color. Let’s return to Nadia’s

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Unlikethehalfstep,whichcreatestensionordissonance,thewholestepispleasingandaddscolor.

Let’sreturntoNadia’sTheme,whichwelookedatinthelessononhalfsteps.

Theyellowhighlightsindicatethechordswithahalf-steptension,andtheviolethighlightsindicatethechordswithwholesteps.Noticethatthereisn’tnearlyasmuchtension.Infact,it’sanicewaytocolorachord.

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