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The Chromatic Scale

Lesson 4/43 | Study Time: 5 Min
The Chromatic Scale

The Chromatic Scale

With the inclusion of sharps and flats, there are 12 different notes within one octave as shown here. The notes and are always one semitone apart. A semitone is the smallest possible distance between two notes. All the other natural notes are a tone apart (two semitones). Sharps ( # ) and flats ( b ) are found between the notes that are a tone apart:

This scale is called the chromatic scale and contains all the sharps (#’s) and flats (b’s) possible. C sharp (C # ) has the same position on the keyboard as D flat (Db). They are the same note but can have different names depending on what key you are playing in. The same applies to D# /Eb,F# /Gb, G# /Ab and A# /Bb. These are called enharmonic notes.

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