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The musical alphabet

About 4 minutes

Music uses seven letters, A to G, and then starts again. In between most of them sits a sharp or flat, for twelve notes in all.

The distance from one note to the very next is a half step, one fret on the guitar. Two half steps make a whole step. B to C and E to F are the only natural half steps, with nothing in between.

CDEFGAB

The white keys are the seven letters.

Five quick questions

To pass: four out of five right.

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What comes after G in the musical alphabet?

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