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Just as an anecdotal piece of info: most musicians accept that the human brain can keep track of eleven notes. Beyond that, you can change the scale progression
by mfukar 16y ago
Just as an anecdotal piece of info: most musicians accept that the human brain can keep track of eleven notes. Beyond that, you can change the scale progression and the transition will be (relatively) smooth to the human ear.
- gabea 16y agoThat is really interesting.
- bryanh 16y agoPerhaps you could clarify or point me to some more information on this? Even as a (somewhat amateur) jazz musician, musical pivots have always eluded me.
- mfukar 16y agoI've been searching for an interview with Jimmy Page, where he mentioned this and it's the first I've heard of it, but to no avail. Hence, 'anecdotal'. If I find it, I'll post it here.
- nimai 16y agoIt's because eleven notes is the maximum that fit "nicely" into the harmonic series our eardrums pick up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)