‘Harmony’ is defined as, ‘Any simultaneous combination of tones’. (from ‘Dictionary’ on the web). ‘Identity’ is the thing, person, scale, interval, or chord itself without reference to a function.  Scales, intervals, and chords must have their own unique identifiers; M…

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Tonal music, or ‘Western’ tonal music is based on the major scale, and the major scale in turn is derived from the ‘key circle’, aka ‘circle of fifths’, or simply the ‘Circle’.  The major scale is constructed with steps and half-steps.…

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