Hi
with ref to the example for noteplayer, is there any expert in music here that can confirm that the pattern of the array doremi=60,62,64,65,67,69,71
is correct ?
Im no expert but that 65 doesnt convince me because I thought that the notes should be equally distant from one onother.
thanks in advance, regards
Look at a piano. There aren’t black keys in between all the whites. The distances between the all the white keys are not equal. For a Do-re-mi…scale the notes are not equally distant from one another!
Exactly. What you refer to as notes in an octave is just a selection of (in the most frequent cases) 7 out of 12 notes. There is the sequence
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
and the distance in half note steps for a C major scale is exactly what youve written for C major you pick only the notes without a #.
Ok thanks, I’m also tonedeaf by the way
Youre welcome. And, btw: By my experience, in most cases tone-deafness is a result of our mostly awful musical education, not some physical or mental disability. Music can be learned just like, hm, programming.
As a small hint about how easy this is in reality:
Dont let yourself be irritated by the term half note. Consider it rather as the smallest step of a note difference in western music. (Yes, there are more notes that can be achieved like when bending a guitar string, but when you put your finger on a guitar fret or hit a key on a piano, you will find always these notes).
When you take the sequence of those notes you wrote above as difference steps, you will come to a sequence of
2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 -1
This is a sequence of a major scale. When you begin it on a C, you will end on the next C and play all the notes of the C major scale in between.
Now start the sequence on another note. Say G. When you follow the sequence from G, the notes youll be playing are
G A B C D E F# G
2 2 1 2 2 2 1
And that is the G Major scale!
Start the sequence on another note and follow it youll be playing the Major scale of that note.
In other words: When you approach scales from a pattern of steps instead of learning all the note names of 11 different scales (one for each note in an octave), you reduce the learning effort tremendously.
This pattern approach is valid for any scale that can be played on western instruments.
Sorry for switching on educational mode, but its a shame music is taught in a way that makes people believe they wouldnt be talented enough when it can be that easy!
thanks very much for the extensive reply. Pure gold !
Thanks, Horacio! Was a pleasure.