Why is the musical scale the way it is? 12 keys: 7 major, 5 minor?

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Why is the musical scale the way it is? 12 keys: 7 major, 5 minor?

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Erm, there’s 12 minor and 12 major keys and then an additional 2 minor scales to the natural minor as well as 7 modes in each scale. Then things like whole tone scales and of course non western stuff.

Check out Chopin’s 24 preludes to hear something in each.

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