Andy Deconstructs Math Jokes
derfreischutz: mogmo: i don’t want to burst their bubble but aren’t there 8 notes in an octave this explains a lot Nope, seven. The octave, eighth note, is the same as the first; it’s exactly double the Hz.

derfreischutz:

mogmo:

i don’t want to burst their bubble but aren’t there 8 notes in an octave

this explains a lot

Nope, seven. The octave, eighth note, is the same as the first; it’s exactly double the Hz.

Reblogged 11 months ago from voiceofwind (Originally from mogmo)
120 notes
  1. mogmo reblogged this from brainforesty and added:
    oh my god NO basic theory teaches you that to play an octave you play EIGHT notes, hence the oct- prefix, even of the...
  2. brainforesty reblogged this from crackity-joy and added:
    dan is right, this is basic theory guys, i mean you learn this when you learn piano or guitar in high school. seriously?
  3. crackity-joy reblogged this from boringnicepeople and added:
    sorry richard, but no….there are 12 semitones, but only A B C D E F and G count as notes. so yeah, seven notes in an...
  4. chwiliwr reblogged this from wizzardblizzard and added:
    Well they’re not actually wrong, though. It depends how you’re counting - you could have either seven or eight depending...
  5. wizzardblizzard reblogged this from leonsumbitches
  6. dearbobbie reblogged this from favouritehideaway
  7. imchrisstuart reblogged this from iamhighlyillogical and added:
    well there are 13 notes in a western octave actually… 8 notes in an octave of a major/minor/modal scale
  8. iamhighlyillogical reblogged this from mountainboats
  9. favouritehideaway reblogged this from tentacruel
  10. boringnicepeople reblogged this from depechemoses and added:
    well…there are 7 notes in most scales…but within an octave (at least in western european tradition) there are 12 notes.
  11. eatcheeses reblogged this from ostkrieg and added:
    there are 8 the 1 counts for both, hence the prefix oct- ; latin for 8 BAH
  12. janizzle reblogged this from likethedictionary and added:
    BOOM, music theory. This is such a dumb tweet regardless. 7 days in a week. 7 notes in an octave. So what’s your fucking...
  13. feministfashionista reblogged this from buchananking and added:
    So much has been explained
  14. michellelovespacman reblogged this from xweetokfrenzy
  15. xweetokfrenzy reblogged this from zorakisdeadbeck
  16. hackitude reblogged this from internetsafety101 and added:
    yeah id… count it that way…
  17. zorakisdeadbeck reblogged this from mogmo
  18. mrsspaceman reblogged this from likethedictionary and added:
    I’m crying
  19. likethedictionary reblogged this from booze-e-badazz and added:
    the top note and the bottom note in an octave are the same note. a b c d e f g lets do our research, people.
  20. tigrar reblogged this from booze-e-badazz and added:
    Never did I think that a Foster the People tweet would get me to actually look at music theory as much as it has. From...
  21. shesso20thcentury reblogged this from dogteen and added:
    Hmm, there are actually seven notes in an octave, the 8th note, the octave note, is the initial note again. They kind of...
  22. booze-e-badazz reblogged this from tentacruel and added:
    there’s definitely only 7 notes in an octave
  23. septimo reblogged this from ggtrx and added:
    but its C, D, E, F, G, A, B right
  24. depechemoses reblogged this from voiceofwind and added:
    Nope, seven. The octave, eighth note, is the same as the first; it’s exactly double the Hz.
  25. tentacruel reblogged this from dickcasablancas and added:
    no, pretty sure oct- isn’t a prefix meaning 8