{"id":10655,"date":"2015-11-28T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=10655"},"modified":"2024-10-19T16:28:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T00:28:30","slug":"naturals-vs-accidentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/naturals-vs-accidentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturals, Accidentals, and Race: A Coincidence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are 12 pitch classes on the piano. This is because the octave has 12 parts. <\/p>\n<p>The octave of C below:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,C&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;has the following parts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> Part &#8211; C<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Part &#8211; C\u266f or D\u266d<\/li>\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Part &#8211; D<\/li>\n<li>4<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; D\u266f or E\u266d<\/li>\n<li>5<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; E<\/li>\n<li>6<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; F<\/li>\n<li>7<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; F\u266f or G\u266d<\/li>\n<li>8<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; G<\/li>\n<li>9<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; G\u266f or A\u266d<\/li>\n<li>10<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; A<\/li>\n<li>11<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; A\u266f or B\u266d<\/li>\n<li>12<sup>th<\/sup> Part &#8211; B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each part above is considered a <strong>pitch class<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s a representation of these 12 pitch classes using sharps and flats.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,Cs,D,Ds,E,F,Fs,G,Gs,A,As,B,C&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,Db,D,Eb,E,F,Gb,G,Ab,A,Bb,B,C&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These 12 pitch classes are the source of melodic and harmonic ideas. When these pitch classes are played successively (one after the other), melodic ideas are created.<\/p>\n<p><b>Melodic ideas<\/b> include scales, intervals and chords (arpeggios).<\/p>\n<p><b>Harmonic ideas<\/b> include intervals, chords, and chord progressions.<\/p>\n<p>So much can be derived from these pitch classes and this depends on certain principles that are laid down.<\/p>\n<p>These 12 pitch classes are categorized into <strong>Naturals<\/strong> and <strong>Accidentals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Naturals are white in color:<\/b> These notes were considered to be holy by the medieval church. Use of the color white is symbolic. There are seven of them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Accidentals are black in color:<\/b> These notes were considered unholy by the medieval church. These notes are black because they were considered unclean. There are five of them.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Scales \u2013 Melodic Organization<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>We can <i>arbitrarily<\/i> create scales by organizing pitch classes into Naturals and Accidentals. This gives us two scales:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White Note Scales<\/li>\n<li>Black Note Scales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at these scales. Stay focused.<\/p>\n<h3><b>White Note Scale<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Melodic progression through the <b>natural<\/b> pitch classes is said to be diatonic. Diatonic comes from a Greek word which means <i>progressing through the tones<\/i>. Therefore, progressing through these tones in any order will create diatonic modes. Each note has its variation.<\/p>\n<p>C to C    aka &#8211; <i>\u201cIonian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>D to D    aka &#8211; <i>\u201cDorian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>E to E    aka &#8211; <i>\u201cPhrygian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=E,F,G,A,B,C,D,E&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>F to F     aka &#8211; <i>\u201cLydian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=F,G,A,B,C,D,E,F&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>G to G   aka &#8211; <i>\u201cMyxolydian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A to A    aka &#8211; <i>\u201cAeolian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>B to B    aka &#8211; <i>\u201cLocrian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=B,C,D,E,F,G,A,B&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" height=\"176\" width=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When modes were replaced with scales, these two modes stood out from the rest and became Traditional Scales:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Scale &#8211;<\/strong> <i>\u201cIonian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minor Scale &#8211;<\/strong> <i>\u201cAeolian Mode\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Black Note Scales<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>If we move from one accidental to another until its octave, we\u2019ll have a 5-tone scale also known as the pentatonic scale. <\/p>\n<p>Pentatonic means <i>&#8220;containing five tones&#8221;<\/i> in Greek. Melodic progression through the <b>accidental<\/b> pitch classes yields something different.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All Black Notes<\/li>\n<li>Fewer Notes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the two enharmonic spellings of the black note scale:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=Fs,Gs,As,Cs,Ds&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hearandplay.cc\/dynamic_image\/pianokeys.php?notes=Gb,Ab,Bb,Db,Eb&amp;color=00FF00&amp;size=2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Racism or Coincidence?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><u>Do you know that traditional scales of Europeans are Diatonic while traditional scales of Africans are Pentatonic? <\/u><\/p>\n<p>Is it a coincidence that Europeans (whites) use white notes scales while Africans use black note scales? I know that white note scales can be played on black notes and black note scales can be played on white notes. However, I don\u2019t seem to understand why there\u2019s a sync between skin color and note color.<\/p>\n<p><u>Why aren\u2019t naturals called &#8220;black&#8221; and accidentals called &#8220;white?&#8221;<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Well, like I said earlier, accidentals were considered unholy and using black to depict them I\u2019ll say is rather symbolic.<\/p>\n<p><u>Why is &#8220;Black Gospel Music&#8221; mostly played in \u201cBlack\u201d keys?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Am I the only one who\u2019s noticed that <i>black gospel music<\/i> uses the keys of D\u266d E\u266d, G\u266d, A\u266d and B\u266d more than any other keys? So many people will naturally frown at playing shouts and spirituals in the key of D natural? If truth be told, the layout of black keys feel very different from the layout of white keys.<\/p>\n<p><u>Why is it that European Art music is written mostly in white keys?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong! I\u2019m not saying that classical music is not written in black keys. Frankly, I\u2019ve played a little of Frederic Chopin\u2019s <i>Black Key Etude <\/i>and I\u2019ve played chorale works in black keys too. E.g. Joseph Haydn\u2019s <i>Achieved <\/i>in B\u266d. <\/p>\n<p>However, a journey through Medieval (AD 400-1400), Renaissance (AD 1400-1600), Baroque (AD 1600-1750), Classical (AD 1750-1820) and Romantic (AD 1820-1900) works will show preference for white keys to black keys. Let\u2019s use these two notable baroque composers and their works as examples.<\/p>\n<p><b>J.S. Bach.<\/b> I\u2019m aware <em>inventions and sinfonias<\/em> move from key to key, chromatically. However, Bach wrote lots of keyboard works in G. I\u2019ve played several of them. E.g. &#8211; GoldBerg Variation (30 variations of an aria in the key of G) and Christmas Oratorio (64 works in F, C, G, D and A).<\/p>\n<p><b>G.F. Handel. <\/b>Most of his choral works are written in mostly D, A, G, E. A good example is <i>Messiah<\/i>. The popular excerpt from <em>Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/em> is the Alleluia Chorus \u2013 written in D.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream&#8230; I really have a dream&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hear me:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">I have a dream that my five tone scale will one day live in an octave where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: small\">I have a <em>dream<\/em> today!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lol&#8230; I love it when you laugh and learn.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My View<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I almost concluded that it was racism until I remembered that:<\/p>\n<p><b>#1 &#8211; White keys have black notes and Black Keys have white notes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you move to other keys, you\u2019ll see that for every key, there is a unique combination of black and white keys. C Diatonic Modes (All Whites) and F\u266f Pentatonic modes (All Blacks) are the only exceptions to this.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, in most contexts, you cannot avoid white and black working together. They need each other.<\/p>\n<p><b>2. Other cultures use black key scales too.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>People living in the orient \u2013 China, Korea, Malaysia, Japan etc. use the pentatonic scales too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>P.S.<\/p>\n<p>The content of this post is to expand your scope on the <strong>arbitrary<\/strong> organization of notes according to their respective colors. Please do not use the content of this post in situations contrary to the original intent of its author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered the origins of white notes vs black notes, naturals vs accidentals? 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