1. 1 READ: Half Step

Half Step

This distance between two pitches is called the interval between them. By definition, the interval from one note to the next closest note higher or lower is called a half step (figure 1. 1. a) . 

Half Steps

                          figure 1. 1. a

In staff, it looks like this figure 1. 1. b from middle C to treble C. We also call this type of scale a Chromatic scale. 

One Octave Chromatic Scale