Western Music Uses a Tuning System in Which the Difference

question 42

Multiple Choice

Western music uses a tuning system in which the difference between each successive semitone is constant both in pitch and in frequency.This system is known as ______.

• A)the equal-temperament scale
• B)chromatic equivalence
• C)Suzuki music theory
• D)the Bach scale

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