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All musical cultures of the world divide the octave into twelve equal half steps. a. true b. false

All musical cultures of the world divide the octave into twelve equal half steps. a. true b. false
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All musical cultures of the world divide the octave into twelve equal half steps.

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b. false

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Answer: False

Explanation: Other cultures would divide the octave into different numbers of steps. For example, Asian cultures would use pentatonic scales in their music, which splits the octave into 5 steps.
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