title: How to make my if statement shorter in python?
body: <p>I'm really new to python. 
  I'm trying to write an if statement but from how I see it, it looks like I have to write a lot of if statements. How can I make this shorter?</p>
  
  <p>This is what  I have written:</p>
  
  <pre><code>user = input("Enter a note: ")
  user_scale = scales[user]
  
  if user_scale == Cscale:
      print (user_scale, '\n', "Relative scale: ", Amin_scale)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now instead of writing another if statement, I want the C and Amin scale to be in one if statement. So that when ever the user inputs "C" or "Amin" it displays from the same if statement. Not sure if what I'm saying makes sense?</p>
  
  <pre><code>if user_scale == Amin_scale:
      print (user_scale, '\n', "Relative scale: ", Cscale)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to write this in a much shorter way so that I don't have a whole lot of if statements?</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>Also I would like to make the user input as a while loop so that it keeps asking until I decide to quit but when I make it into a while loop it only executes the user_scale.</p>
  
  <p>This is what I tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var = 1
  while var == 1:
      user = input("what scale? ")
      user_scale = scales[user]
      print (user_scale)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>update:
  I'm trying to write a program that shows the user input scale and the relative scale. Example: if user type "C" then the program would show 
  'C D E F G A B' and the Relative scale of C which is the Amin "A B C D E F G". </p>