Why are there only 7 musical notes? Was it decided to divide sounds like that or are there no more in nature?

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Why are there only 7 musical notes? Was it decided to divide sounds like that or are there no more in nature?

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There are actually 12, but 7 in a key

Short, hyper simplified answer

Because we decided to stop at 12

Keys just sound good together, and 7 is the number that works

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