How was your winter break? What did you do? what were some of the best things that happened?

Natural minor half steps between scale degrees 3 and 4; 7 and 8 harmonic minor half steps between scale degrees 2 and 3; 5 and 6 ascending melodic minor half steps between scale degrees 2 and 3; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 major half steps between scale degrees 2 and 3; 7 and 8

What’s the difference between 16th & 17th century as opposed to how theatres are in today’s society?

The adoption of allowed classical music to have much more effective dynamic ranges.