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I’m looking for information/references on how we developed the Major Mode (Scale/Key) [closed]
As the title says, I’m looking for some information on the history of how the Major Mode (Scale,Key) was developed/designed. I already know a little bit, that is, I am not completely new to the topic, ...
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Why did we never simplify key signatures?
I understand that the key signature indicates what are the exact notes represented on the staff lines and spaces and thus tells us the diatonic scale in which the music is composed, which in turns ...
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Why are key signatures put in a circle?
Why are key signatures arranged in a circle like it is today, why not a triangle... or a square? Who came up with the idea to arrange the key signatures in a circle?
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What do these unusual signs in the key signature mean?
In Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew Melodies by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn in 1923, I found this unusual key signature:
I know that the more typical notation for the little X in the key signature is used for ...
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