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> The particular selection of notes used for a song is called the “key.” It is also called a “scale.” For a piece written in the key of C, the notes that are
by zokier 7y ago
> The particular selection of notes used for a song is called the “key.” It is also called a “scale.” For a piece written in the key of C, the notes that are used are A B C D E F G. For a piece written in the key of F, the notes are F G A Bflat C D E. I will say more about keys later on, and why most music is based on a scale of just eight notes
I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but why does he repeatedly refer scales having eight notes when (common Western) scales have seven notes, like the examples he gives?
- ajuc 7y agoHe seems to include the first note from the next octave, because that's how it is on flute, and because one easy way to make a song ending sound final is to repeat the first note octave higher.
- jachee 7y agoIt's about playing by ear. Play only the first seven notes of a scale, and you'll likely find that your ear really wants that 8th tone to resolve it.
- zokier 7y agoIsn't that simply because of the final half-step in major scale, and as such dependant on the scale/mode played? For example in mixolydian has full step in the end so it should not have such tension towards the octave