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

[Simon Brouwer]

Rich Holmes schreef:
> 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.  
There are 7 notes in a major scale, but to complete one octave across 
them takes 8 steps.

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Vriendelijke groet, 
Simon Brouwer. 

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