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My biggest issue with music theory is how the numbers used in names make no sense: "octave" sounds like 8, however it doubles frequency (x2) and is divided in
by Aardwolf 6y ago
My biggest issue with music theory is how the numbers used in names make no sense:
"octave" sounds like 8, however it doubles frequency (x2) and is divided in 12 semitones.
"major third" sounds like 3, but involves 4 semitones and a ratio of 5:4
etc...
- contingo 6y agoIt makes sense in the context of tonal harmony. An octave is the interval between the 1st and 8th notes of a major or minor scale. I.e. a major or minor scale repeats itself (at double the frequency) every eight notes. A major third is the interval between the first and third notes of a major scale, and so on.
- yesenadam 6y agoPut your right hand fingers on a piano, on C-D-E-F-G, thumb on C. Now your 2nd finger is on the 2nd, 3rd is on the 3rd, 4th is on the 4th, 5th is on the 5th. I wouldn't say that makes "no sense" exactly.