Piano Whole & Half Steps

Video Transcript

"In this clip on how to accompany yourself on piano, we're going to learn about whole steps and half steps. Because, those are really the basic principles from which we build intervals. And, from intervals is how we build chords and that's how we're going to be able to play all the songs that we want to play is by playing the chords. So, let's come back to C. Which, we know is always easy to find. Because, we find the two black keys we go right to the left and that's C. Now, there's a half step up from C to C sharp. A half step up is D. Half step up is D sharp. Half step up is E. A whole step, is when you do two half steps. So, one whole step equals two half steps. From C, is whole step is is D. You go up one, two. Alright. So, a whole step down from C is B flat. Whole step is two half steps. That's the basics. If you learn that, you're well on your way."