Musical notation was conceived for the C major scale and each line and space represents a note in this scale.

乐谱为C大音阶而构思，在这个音阶中的每一个线和间都代表一个音符。

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Let's start with a major scale on a c.

让我们从C开始一个大调音阶。

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The major scale units must be a larger time unit than the minor scale units.

主刻度代表的时间单位必须比次刻度的大。

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So, we've got our major scale.

那么,我们得到了大调音阶

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So, we end up here within an octave-- we end up with twelve equal pitches, but we still use this term a 'seven-note scale' because we have seven notes within the scale of the major scale and seven notes within the scale of the minor scale.

因此,我们在一个八度内,最终得到等量划分的十二个音高,但是我们始终称之为"七音音阶",因为在大调音阶上有七个音符,在小调音阶上也有七个

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