Why Are There Only 12 Notes?

[@gabridish]

great animations and content! greetings from Brazil. I hope you make more of these. It has a TED-ED vibe to it!

[@eduNygren]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it and appreciate the kinds words!

[@hedegitsin]

This is the best explaining video out there! Thank you!!

[@jolenewallace1146]

Wow! Lots of information. Looking forward to the next video.

[@eduNygren]

Thanks Jolene!

[@robertoarcecorretjer5808]

I’m glad someone is talking about western imperialism when it comes to this subject. I’ve only seen one other youtuber somewhat skimming the surface of it, but you head dived right in! Great vid!

[@tintintin070]

informational video with beautiful animations! would love to learn more

[@eduNygren]

It's not packaged as nicely, but the resource page at the end has some helpful links

[@ritevidu]

Great video with awesome animations. Thank you.

[@eduNygren]

The animating was the hardest part! Glad you like it.

[@muhammedalikoc]

The animations and informations are great. Thanks for the video.

[@stephenweigel]

I’m glad you mentioned cultural imperialism and tradition too, most of these kinds of explanations don’t do this

[@cmyk8964]

TL;DR: We find frequencies with simple ratios more harmonious. And 12 3:2 steps (129.7-ish:1) is close enough to 7 2:1 steps (128:1), so why would you ever use any other number of notes in an octave. Appendix of the simplest ratios and the intervals they make 2:1 = Octave 3:2 = Perfect 5th (Perfect 4th down) 4:3 = Perfect 4th (Perfect 5th down) 5:4 = Major 3rd (Minor 6th down) 6:5 = Minor 3rd (Major 6th down) 9:8 = Major 2nd (Minor 7th down)

[@danbailey1421]

loved it man do more helped a lot

[@coolsnake321]

Hey man, I hope you make more video's, this one was really great. Don't usually comment on video's, stay safe and well!

[@DavidDallaG]

Great video my dude!

[@eduNygren]

You the real MVP DDG!

[@Flyingkitty54]

Wow dude this is great!

[@eduNygren]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

[@keonscorner516]

! This is Density fulfilled!

[@fredashay]

_"Why are there only 12 notes?"_ Because someone put the rest of the notes in a box in the attic, and nobody has been able to find them since...

[@sergeantcrow]

Brilliant ! 112 subs !? No.. Should be 112k...

[@xuly3129]

3:48 you don’t end up on the same note - you end up a Pythagorean comma higher.

[@eduNygren]

haha, yeah you should probably watch 20 seconds farther in the video

[@soggybanana2298]

awesome this is so informative

[@Hiddenfourth]

Thank you.

[@bolanle_vibes_beautibtv2452]

🤗 spread the love

[@rubyspeedwell4478]

cool

[@AlexZuga]

Hey man!! I loved the animation of this video, let me know if you'd like to be part of an educational music course as animator.

[@almendratlilkouatl]

no bach? OMG

[@eduNygren]

when you only have 5 min. you gotta leave Bach behind!

[@bansurivala]

Indian classical music has used 12 notes in an octave for over a thousand years - well before imperial colonialism could have spread them across the world!

[@mistermornevanderberg]

Catholic Monks developed music notation, there are 12 notes because there are 12 disciples (lol)

[@prateekbhardwaj9943]

these 12 notes were already accepted in indian hindustani music thousands of years ago, its written in sama Veda, you Europeans never accept that you copied paste music from india. lol always trying to prove European supremacy 😂😂😂

[@thefirehawk1495]

why cultural imperialism? nobody forced anyone to write music in the western way. if they do so its because they chose to. that's cultural appreciation.