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The C Major Scale: Music Scale Notes and Where They Actually Come From

  • Now you’ve got an 8-note scale, the C major scale. It includes the 8th note. Which is the same as the first note, but higher in pitch (Figure 10):
Musical scale comprised of eight notes, which sounds palatable to the human brain.

FIGURE 10: C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C, the C Major Scale

This scale definitely sounds brain-friendly. Looks like the organizing principle of tones derived from simple frequency ratios has worked. (Whew!)

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