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Why are there only twelve different notes on a piano?

Asked by PhiNotPi (12681points) March 14th, 2011

Every piano, xylophone, clarinet, and every other musical instrument has twelve notes in the chromatic scale. Why are there 12 notes? Why not 10, or 20?

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