This is something for you musicians to play around with. It's called the Indian Scale. It goes like this:
C D flat E F G A flat B C
Regarding key signatures:
No sharps or flats: key of C
One sharp: key of G
Two sharps: key of D
Tree sharps: key of A
Four sharps: key of E
Five sharps: key of B
Six sharps: key of C#
One flat: key of F
Two flats: key of Bb
Three flats: key of Eb
Four flats: key of Ab
Five flats: key of Gb
Six flats: key of Cb
The first secular songs to be written down were those of the troubadours, who were aristocratic poet-musicians living in France in the twefth and thirteenth centuries. Their songs were all written in the "natural" scales. These scales had no sharps or flats (no black keys)
C to C: Ionian
D to D: dorian mode (very popular)
E to E: Phrygian
F to F: Lydian
G to G: Mixolydian
A to A: Aeolian
B to B: Locrian
I thought sharing this might give you guys some cool new musical ideas. And the key signature thing should come in handy.
information from:
The Wonderful World of MUSIC by Benjamin Britain and Imogen Holst
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