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I thought that was because he wanted/believed in a correspondence between colors and music, and the scale had seven main notes, A-G (the white keys on a piano).
by bobbylarrybobby 7y ago
I thought that was because he wanted/believed in a correspondence between colors and music, and the scale had seven main notes, A-G (the white keys on a piano). Also note that this scale is called the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale, which is surely not a coincidence.
- LatteLazy 7y agoWhy not both!
- nemo1618 7y agoThe chromatic scale is when you play all 12 semitones. You're thinking of a C major scale. The wiki article gives the following etymology: > The word chromatic comes from the Greek chroma, color; and the traditional function of the chromatic scale is to color or embellish the tones of the major and minor scales. But this feels a bit weak to me. Would be nice to have a more authoritative source.