Question
How many notes were in the musical scale used by the ancient Chinese?
Responses
seven
seven
thirteen
thirteen
fifteen
fifteen
five
Responses
seven
seven
thirteen
thirteen
fifteen
fifteen
five
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Five.
Ancient Chinese music primarily used a pentatonic scale of five notes (gong, shang, jue, zhi, yu). Note: there was also a theoretical 12‑lü (twelve‑pitch) tuning system used for generating and tuning tones, but the common musical scale was five notes.
Ancient Chinese music primarily used a pentatonic scale of five notes (gong, shang, jue, zhi, yu). Note: there was also a theoretical 12‑lü (twelve‑pitch) tuning system used for generating and tuning tones, but the common musical scale was five notes.
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