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Most composers were musicians before that and a lot of instruments adhere to scales such as fretted instruments or percussive instruments like the piano. Using
by scpedicini 5y ago
Most composers were musicians before that and a lot of instruments adhere to scales such as fretted instruments or percussive instruments like the piano.
Using scales gives people a familiar territory in which to compose music and a western audience will already be culturally attuned to those sensibilities.