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Scale Adjacency, Sharps and Flats - Mathematics of Music

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This video uses 12-tone notation to explore how major-scale adjacency gives rise to sharps, flats, and key signatures. It connects the circle of fifths with the geometry of a clockface.

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Scale Adjacency, Sharps and Flats | Maths and Music | N J Wildberger

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