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| Name | Why are the white notes C major not A major? |
| Video Uploader | Video From David Bennett Piano |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 27-01-2024 16:30:01 |
| Video Discription | Try my new course at Artmaster.com with a free trial: https://www.artmaster.com/course/piano-2?utm_source=youtubebennett&utm_campaign=whitenotesCmajor and use promo code IMAGINE15 to get 15% off your purchase πΉπΉ 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? Here's my video on the "German H": https://youtu.be/hlafE9fm4_g?si=Or5Ms7rvVST1jSzx and my video on Do-re-mi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVA8bgSBt5A SOURCES: LivingPianosVideos, Why is C not Called A?: https://youtu.be/g8DMIRByVqU MusicCorner, Why C?: The Convoluted History of Note Names: https://youtu.be/NRDwrKMan_Q Two Minute Music Theory, Why C Major Has No Sharps or Flats: Why C Major Has No Sharps or Flats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_system_of_ancient_Greece Early Music Sources - Gregorian Chant: https://youtu.be/QuRrd35kvUo Early Music Sources - Solmization: https://youtu.be/IRDDT1uSrd0 Early Music Sources - Modes: https://youtu.be/lyq48eybjZw Odd Quartet - The Origins of Music - The Story of Guido: https://youtu.be/l-JMX7tVqog?si=ucrzJvvb1pt96Ub3 12tone, why do notes have names? https://youtu.be/BBbhfRfQIMM?si=rqQS5n8zE02v7hmC https://youtu.be/JJ9KPHLrR_g?si=sUlZdA7Fsw-rP7nn Translation of Boethiusβ De institutione musica: https://classicalliberalarts.com/wp-content/uploads/BOETHIUS-Bower-1989-Fundamentals_of_Music.pdf HistoryOfMusicTheory - Hexachords: https://historyofmusictheory.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/this-is-your-brain-on-hexachordal-solmization/ And, an extra special thanks goes to Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channelβs Patreon saints! π SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano πΉ 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 |
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