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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.

a. true
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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