Why C Major Has No Sharps or Flats

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4 жыл бұрын

I've gotten a lot of questions over the last 5 years. Some of them more than others, so today I'm starting an FAQ series.
The note names in Western Music seem to be a little off? Why is the key with no sharps or flats C major and not A major? So, how did the notes get their names? It's a convoluted journey - spanning 1500 years and involving much of Europe.
Frequently Asked Questions - Episode 1
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@SerenityMusic3 Жыл бұрын

Wow that makes so much sense, I've been lost since August.

@MikeHaysomMusic 3 жыл бұрын

I was always taught that concert pitch is the A (440Hz) above middle C, not C itself.

@judassson 4 жыл бұрын

But why do re mi fa sol la si? It is easy to understand why it is start from C if you use do-re-mi...

@beau5296 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated channel. 👌🏻

@twominutemusictheory 3 жыл бұрын

Tell all of your friends.

@uhh222 4 жыл бұрын

You gotta love western civilization. “A logical pattern for music? Nah, let’s go with the confusing one!”

@afridifacebook 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting!

@aakashchakrabarty4262 4 жыл бұрын

Hey first of all I would like to tell you that you answered my age old curiosity. I into music theory over a decade still never felt like learning a bit of history and here I come to the point which book or resource or KZfaq channel or anything would you recommend to me for learning music history from group up. (I AM ONLY INTERESTED INTO WRSTERN MUSIC HISTORY AND I AM A TOTAL NOOBIE)

@sharonfidler2576 4 жыл бұрын

I really like these short music theory videos (including the Chinese music videos.) I often find that they go by so quickly that I need to look the subject up to fill in details. Could you give the best references for further reading, but not TOO academic and lengthy?

@98olober 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love how deep into a subject you manage to go in such little time. :) But you forgot to mention why some germanic countries call B for H and Bb for B. I think I've heard that explaination a billion times and it doesn't stick. All I know is that there's this tenacious myth about some munk writing a "b" as an "h". Maybe that's for another video though

@twominutemusictheory 4 жыл бұрын

That's not far from the actual story. I'm working on a video on why we have accidentals, the answer should show up there.

@alihaidershahhaider3061 3 жыл бұрын

Hi.. I have no idea on western music I used asian flute as instrument. Could you have any book or lecture That will give me relation between math and flute

@selurusey 2 жыл бұрын

Concert pitch is commonly A (440 Hz), not C.

@BarbaraFischer4 4 жыл бұрын

Dude named Guido. 👍 Interesting!

@LouisSerieusement 4 жыл бұрын

Hi ! thank you :) at 1:34, Is it normal that hypomixolydian have a root A instead of G ? is hypomixolydian another name for aeolian ? I never really got those ancient greek tetrachord stuff :( please, do you have any online ressources to recommand ? Great video, thank you for sharing :D Cheers from France :) Louis

@LouisSerieusement 4 жыл бұрын

also at 2:58 the aeolian has the root D ? And is it normal that the lower A is missing ? I know tetrachord was not the subject of this video sorry to ask but I have to know why XD

@twominutemusictheory 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, I’ve got a mistake in those graphics. I don’t know how I missed that. The “g” should be an “a”. Aeolian is the mode from A to A. Second, yes, D was considered the root of the scale. They considered there were only four notes to begin scales with: D E F G. However, a scale could be considered “authentic” if the root was at the bottom of the range, or “plagal” if the root was in the middle of the range. The plagal scales got the prefix “hypo” or “below”, to indicate their relationship to the authentic mode.

@LouisSerieusement 4 жыл бұрын

@@twominutemusictheory thank you so much that makes much more sens now ! Have a nice day :D