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The continuing scale
and the octave As they are normally tuned, the
strings of our small harps form the scale of C. There are 8 notes in the Western
musical scale: This top C becomes the next note of a
new scale, an octave above the previous scale. To make it
clear which octave we mean when talking about a note, we
refer use an apostrophe as marker, so C' is an octave above
the basic note, and C'' is two octave above that, and so on.
We show the octave below the basic one with an apostrophe
before the note, so 'C is an octave below C. So for a 17-string harp, the notes
are: For a 19-string harp, the notes
are:
the scale of C starts on C,
D is the second note,
E is the third,
F the fourth,
G the fifth and then the alphabet starts again, with
A the 6th,
B the 7th and
C as the 8th completes the scale.
The 8-note interval is called an octave. If two notes are an
octave apart, then they sound a lot like each other despite
the fact that the pitch of the upper note is higher than the
one an octave below.
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A',B',C',D',E',F',G',A'',B'',C''
'F.'G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A',B',C',D',E',F',G',A'',B'',C''
or in some
cases
'G,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A',B',C',D',E',F',G',A'',B'',C''',D''.
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