Originally Posted by: axemaster911If this is the case, what is the term for notes outside the scale in a key?
Chromatic.
And why do sharps, and flats get a name like accidentals. What does it imply about sharps, and flats that dont aply to naturals, being the only diffrences are a slightly higher, or lower pitch?
It's just what they're named. Why do we call a building "building?"