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

[Simon Brouwer]

Simon Brouwer schreef:
> 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.

On second thought that's 7 steps...

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Simon Brouwer
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