[AH] Re: [sdiy] Where to get special white keys?

[Rich Holmes]

On Mar 1, 2009, at 8:54 AM, cheater cheater wrote:

> What I meant was that 'octave' comes from the latin word for 'eight'.
> A 12-tone octave means 'a bunch of 8 that is made up of 12 parts'.  
> 12 = 8? :))
>
> Anyone see the lack of consistency here?

Oh, well, yes, that's dumb.  It's because there are 8 notes in a  
major scale, but only if you count the tonic twice, at beginning and  
end.  Which is silly, but we're stuck with it.