Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits

Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by irrational on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:42PM (#22447471)

Thank you for the very detailed response. I'll take a look at that video. Does it cover what a key is?

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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by rdlw on Friday February 28, 2020 @07:13PM (#22447630)

Yes, the video goes into some depth about scales/keys.

I actually had to look up what the difference between a key and a scale is, as I thought the terms were pretty much interchangeable. I've edited the last part of my other comment to reflect this:

A scale is actually an ordered set of notes belonging to a key. A key is just an unordered collection of notes. I got this wrong earlier.

So playing all the notes belonging to C major in ascending order is playing a scale, and playing the notes in any order is playing in the key of C.

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