At 04:45 10/04/2001 -0600, you wrote: > > > Now what was that an augmented French thingee called? T.D. > > Picardy? --Conrad >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 So that would make it an "augmented" tierce, right??? ;-} I know, I know, only "perfect" intervals can be augmented or diminished. See?? I _was_ paying some attention in class.... Conrad Hoffsommer - I live in my own little world, but it's OK, they know me here. mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
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