You guys are in luck, you know why? Because I know, so check this out. Here we have an enharmonic. What in an enharmonic is that it is telling you? You can write the same note at two different ways. All right, so check this out. It is seems in that way that you can get about that. If I gave you two numbers, 2 and 1 right. It says, add them up to three. There is two ways that you can get to this three. You can either do 2+1 or you can do 1+2 but both can get you to the same destination. That is what enharmonics are.
So, if I gave you the note F, and I said get me to that F from this E. You can either bring the E up a half step and go directly to the F or you can call an E#. So, bring you to another term is, then what is a sharp Walt? What is a sharp? A sharp in music is when something goes up. Now, the opposite of when something goes down is referred to as the half step, flat. So here you have a flat, is my thumb goes down and there you have it. If flat is going down, sharp is going up.
So, to continue this, in E going up a half step goes to the F as we all know from before. E goes to F or I can say, the E# which is the same as the E going a half step to the sharp. Now, you probably say to yourself, “Hey Walt, what about an F going down?” In F, an E going up a half step, can we call an E#. In F going down a half step, can we call an Fb? And after going down a half step, can we call an Fb. So, are there any questions about this staff? I do want to start doing more enharmonics stuff though.
All right, so everyone’s good. I can do this. I played it well. I can do this. I can go from this E, right here, let me a little foot action. I can go from this C, go up a whole step, that is a new term that we learn to, a whole step, all right guys. I can go from this C up whole step to a D. I can also go C up two sharps to the D. Now, what does that mean Walt? I can either call this a D or a C##. That was a combination of the word that and now. Then now, that is what I just kind. That is a kind of interesting. I can now pick this and that is an example of another enharmonic. So, there you have it and now let us go down one. I can say this B going down the half step is a Bb and guess what, I can also call it an A#. You got it?
So now, let us take this C, just for fun. Let us take this C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. Let us fill this Cmaj scale using just enharmonics. No natural notes, only enharmonics. That is only stop that we are allowed to do. Let us instead call the C—this C can also be called a B#. Understand the half steps in music. Note in note A, it does not have to be notes though, it can be chords. Okay, so I am playing the chord A and if you say to me, “Walt, go up a half step.” I can simply go from A to an A# but this A# right here on the 6th fret is the same as me juggling a half step down from the 7th fret. So go on the 5th fret up a half step. This time it is being on the 7th fret down a half step. So check this out. This A# is the same exact thing as D on the B, and winding it.
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