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Step or skip
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A second is a step. A third is a skip.
A step goes to the next note name, C to D. A skip jumps over one, C to E.
A step, then a skip.
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Step along the white keys, then skip every other one.
C D E F G is all steps. C E G is all skips.
Major 2nd is the step. Major 3rd is the skip.
Now the small step and the small skip.
The minor second is the smallest step, one half step. The minor third is the smallest skip, three half steps.
A small step, then a small skip.
Minor 2nd is the step, rubbing. Minor 3rd is the skip, a real leap.
Steps make a melody flow. Skips make it leap.
Most tunes mix the two. Listen to how each note gets to the next.
Did this melody move by steps or by skips?
You can hear a step from a skip.
What you learned
- A second is a step: it moves to the next note name.
- A third is a skip: it jumps over one note name.
- Even the smallest skip, the minor third, leaps where the minor second rubs.
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