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