Grade 1: Sharps and flats
What about the black keys on a keyboard, in between the notes A-G?
We represent them using sharps and flats. A sharp is used to represent “higher than”; a flat is used to represent “lower than”.
A black key can have two names; for example, C-sharp and D-flat are the same note.
The difference between C and C-sharp is called a semitone. The difference between C-sharp and D, or E and F, is also a semitone. A semitone is one “step”, either from a white key to a black key, a black key to a white key, or from a white key to a white key (E to F, or B to C only).
Two semitones make one tone. A “tone” is two steps. The difference between C and D, or E and F#, is a tone.
In each bar below, can you write down another note that is higher by a
