Ric >>>A whole step is a whole tone of which there are 8 in an octave. >> >>Uhhh....Rick....I think there is something wrong with this one >>heah....Eight whole tones in an octave???? Wouldn't that equal 16 >>semi-tones? What far-eastern scale are you tuning? INquiring minds want >>to know... >> >>Sorry, couldn't resist <G> > >Grin.... Sorry, that should read 7 in all. Made the same mistake as Don >did with his 1300 cents. > >>There are six whole steps in an octave, not eight, but they are seldom >>consulted when tuning a piano and have nothing to do with a major or >>minor scale or mode. The whole tone scale is reserved for 20th century >>composers, jazzers, and dream sequences in cheap movies. > >6 steps doesnt finish the octave. 6 Different notes yes... but 7 to >complete the octave 1. C-D 2. D-E 3. E-F# 4. F#-G# 5. G#-A#(Bb) 6. Bb-C 6 "steps" the way I count it & 7 "notes". :-) Avery >>Dave Stahl > >Cheers, and thanks for spotting ! > >RicB
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