Music

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alphabet

the music alphabet is like the english alphabet. it is a system of letters assigned to represent sounds in music that we call notes.

scales

notes can be arranged linearly to form a scale.

scales are pitches in a certain order. A B C D E F G

this is part of a music theory.

intervals

the distance from one note to another

key signatures

tell us the tonality or "key" of a song

octaves

the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency

time signatures

tells you the meter of the piece you're playing