Well, we have this idea of a seven-note major and seven-note minor.

那个,我们有这么个概念,七音符大调和七音符小调

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We in the west have settled on a seven-note scale.

西方已经固定在七音符音阶

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Why seven notes?

为什么是七音符呢

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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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