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@JeremyMallin@autistics.life A modern story of old times (all these facts are approximations): Piano white keys play tones called "naturals". They play the original tones in Western music, back to Ancient Greece. Tones played by the black piano keys were added piecemeal for various reasons. Those tones weren't used much for millenia, so keys to produce those tones were often colored (and/or shaped) differently to distinguish them. It took thousands of years to standardize our modern tunings. #Musicology #Piano #History