• Technus@lemmy.zip
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    23 hours ago

    That’s probably based on the first definition because you can play either an ascending or descending scale.

    Also the music staff kinda looks like a ladder.

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      23 hours ago

      That is correct. It’s also a very modern sense of the word given the age of the root.