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4 Notes: A Scale Corresponding to "Say Can You See"

  • When you add E to the scale, the relationship between E and G turns out to be a simple ratio of frequencies, namely, 6:5. Amazing.
  • The scale grows to 4 notes (Figure 7 below). Sounds great, too. These four notes correspond to the words “say, can you see,” in the American national anthem, music composed by John Stafford Smith, a London, England, church organist.
Musical scale comprised of four notes and three intervals of simple frequency ratios.

FIGURE 7: C - E - G - C Scale, Corresponding to "say, can you see"

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