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strenholmetoday at 12:47 PM0 repliesview on HN

For people with the mind of a programmer, explaining the mathematical basis of equal temperament and then the major scale (the article doesn’t explain the major scale well, but simply says “it sounds better than a chromatic scale”) allows a programmer to understand not just the how but the why for the basics of western music.

For people that just want the how, one would start with “here is a pentatonic scale” followed by “here is a major chord”.