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1. Kye Fox (kye@snouts.online)'s status on Friday, 28-Dec-2018 16:40:22 EST Kye Fox

   "Kye, what the heck is the difference between a scale and a key and a mode?"

   I'm so glad you asked!

   Scales are made up of a collection of notes. Kind of like a painter's pallet.

   Those notes--also known as steps or semitones--are found by a pattern of half and whole steps. That pattern is the scale. Where it starts from is the mode of that scale. So D Major is a mode of the Major scale starting on D. Same pattern!

   I don't know what a key is, but it's probably another word for mode.

   1. Kye Fox (kye@snouts.online)'s status on Friday, 28-Dec-2018 16:47:17 EST Kye Fox

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      Other fun music facts:

      All those lines and spaces on sheet music represent the white keys on a piano. They're sharped or flatted by putting the little symbol next to the note.

      The key signature is the pattern of sharps or flats that define a key.

      🎼 marks G. Middle C on a 61 key piano is in the 4th octave.

      You can have a long music career just playing the white or black keys. Are they popular because they sound good, or do they sound good because they're what 99% of music is made in? Mystery