Re; interval names

[Dave Nereson]

----- Original Message -----
From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Re; interval names


> At 09:40 10/03/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >     This is Tom stop the lights and get the check Driscoll signing off
and
> >heading to the library.
> >     Now what was that an augmented French thingee called?   T.D.
>
> Picardy?
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer -
> I live in my own little world, but it's OK, they know me here.
> mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu

If I remember right, a "Picardy third" (tierce de Picardy) occurs in a piece
that's in a minor key and is expected to end on a minor chord, but the
composer suddenly allows it to have a "happy ending" by raising the 3rd a
half-step, making it Major.
                                                                            
                                                    --David Nereson, RPT
>