The tones are classified into two. One is tones and the other one is semitones. A small distance that connects any of the two sounds in the western music is called as a semitone. It is also a small distance connecting any 2 keys that are adjacent on the piano. The connection may be white and black or black and black or even white and white.
A tone otherwise called as the whole tone is contemporary to 2 semitones at the similar direction. A note on the keyboard has to be picked up and the semitone that is on the next has to be searched in the right. Another semitone has to be moved right for getting the whole tone. The same procedure has to be adopted in the contradictory direction.
As the intricacies of the semitone for the western concept has been fleshed out, further investigation can be made in this regard. The semitone is of two flavours. One is chromatic and the other one is diatonic. The semitone with 2 notes and the name of the similar letter will be called as a chromatic semitone. On the other hand, when a semitone has 2 notes and also various names of the letter, the diatonic semitone will appear.
Manipulation can be done for the chromatic semitone to turn into a semitone of diatonic type and vice versa. For e.g., F and E are the similar notes. But the tones are different. One tone is chromatic semitone and the other one is diatonic semitone. The semitones and the tones are to be identified on the keyboard of the piano. Regular practice will make to identify the same very easily. Grasping this concept completely is vital as this will be the foundation for the various music lessons that are to be learnt in future.