It's always a half step--always a half step-- seventh degree, right below, right below the tonic.

它总是一个半音级,总是如此,第七级刚好在主音下面

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But it's just--F is just a half step away, so that's good.

也只是半音级的距离,很好

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Well, a whole step here--there's one half, there's another half, would take us to F, whole step above F, would take us to G.

是一个全音级,这里是半个,这里是另外半个,这就到了F,F之后一个全音级,就到了G

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Up--just D. Now, we need, according to our pattern, to go up just a half step.

是D,接下来,根据小调的模式,只要上升半音级

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What we've written is a whole step, so we've got to indicate that this is just a half step away in that fashion, D to E-flat.

而这里写的是一个全音级,所以我们要在这里标出,从D到降E只有半音级

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