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

如果把两个半音代之以一个全音。

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… … " 滑过所有的半音阶，由高而低直到完全变成哑音为止。

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

然后 在顶端转到半音音阶。

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

他用半音音阶使音乐变得更丰富。

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音阶，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.

我们将继续旋律， 上周四我们旋律在音阶中的表现，包括大调音阶、小调音阶和半音阶。

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

我们使用最低音符，我们使用最高音符，它还包含西方半音阶的所有 12 个音符。

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，本应匹配的音符相差大约半音。

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，比如半音阶之类的元素。

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

因此， 每当半音阶中某个特定音符被弹奏时，你会皱眉， 但我们并没有在演奏音乐或做类似的事情。

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一把半音阶口琴——一种发出尖锐和平坦声音的口琴。

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

所以， 音程可以是小音程， 比如全音或半音，也可以是大音程。

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

西方风格的，你知道的，半音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， 我能识别的最小音程是半音； 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 升音，当然就是一个半音；这是最小的音程。