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Most musicians know that we can play a major scale just using the white notes of the piano and that scale is "C major". C major is treated like the "default scale", it has no flats or sharps, just white notes. But why "C"? Would it not make more sense for this "default" scale to start on A, just like the alphabet?
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SOURCES:
LivingPianosVideos, Why is C not Called A?:
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MusicCorner, Why C?: The Convoluted History of Note Names: [ Ссылка ]
Two Minute Music Theory, Why C Major Has No Sharps or Flats: Why C Major Has No Sharps or Flats
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Early Music Sources - Gregorian Chant: [ Ссылка ]
Early Music Sources - Solmization: [ Ссылка ]
Early Music Sources - Modes: [ Ссылка ]
Odd Quartet - The Origins of Music - The Story of Guido: [ Ссылка ]
12tone, why do notes have names? [ Ссылка ]
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Translation of Boethius’ De institutione musica: [ Ссылка ]
HistoryOfMusicTheory - Hexachords: [ Ссылка ]
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0:00 Why C major, not A major?
1:30 the Diatonic scale
3:25 Latin alphabet for note names
5:30 Where are the black notes?
6:27 Why C major, not A major?
6:48 my PIANO course with ArtMaster
7:45 What about Do-re-mi?
10:07 Outro
