Hello,
I know this sounds like a pretty weird question but I was curious if there was anyone here who could answer this question. I have been playing piano for a while but this is something I have always taken for granted. I know that if you have a string of a certain length and pluck it, and then cut it in half and pluck it again, it goes up by one octave. But aren't there theoretically an infinite amount of possible tones inbetween? Why do we limit ourselves to seven white and five black keys? There has to be something inbetween right? On that note, why does it sound harmonic to play the first, fourth and last note in an octave? What's the difference between that and say, just leaving one key inbetween?
I know that the answers to these questions are probably pretty broad and complicated, so I was wondering if you could just give me some pointers as to what might be the best and most efficient way for one to get a more fundamental understanding of music.
Submitted February 25, 2017 at 09:02PM by Patatatatatatata https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/5w793h/why_does_an_octave_have_seven_white_and_five/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Saturday, February 25, 2017