| ▲ | thaumasiotes a day ago | |
> Both C#m and Db can be played on piano using only the black keys (skipping the 3rd note of the scale) For the major scale, there are 7 notes in the scale and only 5 black keys; you also need to skip ti, the 7th note. For the minor scale ("C#m"), it's worse; only four of the five black keys are part of that scale. And I would have thought that something intended to be played only on the black keys would be described as using a pentatonic scale anyway? | ||
| ▲ | thaumasiotes a day ago | parent [-] | |
As a belated followup, I should observe that if you're playing "in C sharp minor" on the black keys, you're skipping notes 3, 6, and 7 of the scale... and those are the only notes that differ between a minor scale and a major scale, making the "minor" designation completely meaningless. | ||