But supposing we traded in those two half steps for one whole step.

如果把两个半代之以一个全。

When Passepartout heard what this last voyage was going to cost, he uttered a prolonged " Oh" ! which extended throughout his vocal gamut.

等路路通知道了最后这一段航程的旅费时。他不禁发出老长老长的一声" 哦——" 他这一声拖长的" 哦… … " 滑过所有的半阶，由高而低直到完全变成哑为止。

And then he, at the top of it-- switched over into a chromatic scale.

然后 在顶端转到了半阶。

So he's enriched it a little bit by means of chromaticism.

他用半阶使乐变得更丰富。

Chromatic, across the four chords, here you go, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

在四个和弦间穿插的半阶，就是这样，哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒-哒。

We are going to continue our discussion of melody and last Thursday we were talking about melody in terms of scales, major scales, minor scales, chromatic scales.

我们将继续讨论旋律， 上周四我们讨论了旋律在阶中的表现，包括大阶、阶和半阶。

We use the lowest note, we use the highest note, and it also has all 12 notes of the Western chromatic scale in it.

我们使用最低符，我们使用最高符，它还包含西方半阶的所有 12 个符。

When we edited the songs together and played them through, the notes were supposed to match were off by about a half step.

当我们把歌曲编辑在一起播放时，本应匹配的符相差了大约半。

He went to Japan and he would ask people, he would basically be looking for things in the style of

他前往日本，会向当地人询问，基本上是在寻找那些具有西方风格的事物，比如半阶之类的元素。

So whenever a certain note is hit in the chromatic scale, You frown, but we're not playing music or anything.

因此， 每当半阶中某个特定符被弹奏时，你会皱眉， 但我们并没有在演奏乐或做类似的事情。

He convinced his father to buy him a chromatic harmonica – one that makes sharp and flat sounds.

他说服他的父亲给他买了一把半阶口琴——一种发出尖锐和平坦声的口琴。

So, the interval could be a small interval, like a tone or a semi-tone, or a larger interval.

所以， 程可以是程， 比如全或半，也可以是大程。

Western, you know, chromatic scale and these kinds of things.

西方风格的，你知道的，半阶以及诸如此类的东西。

So, the smallest interval I can recognize is a semi-tone;G to F sharp, back to G again.

所以， 我能识别的最程是半； 从G到升F，再回到G。

So, G to F sharp, of course, is a semi-tone;the smallest you can get.

所以，从 G 到 F 升，当然就是一个半；这是最的程了。