Major 4ths & 5ths

David Severance severanc@mail.wsu.edu
Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:31:24 -0800


At 04:30 PM 4/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello List and Paul Bailey who said: "In common parlance, there are Major 
>and Minor seconds, thirds,
>sixths and sevenths: but the Fourths and Fifths are NOT called
>Major, or Minor:  Fourths and Fifths are Perfect, Augmented or
>Diminished: but never Major or Minor."



I don't think seconds are major or minor either.  That second between the 
6th and 7th scale degree of the harmonic minor scale is an augmented second.

Dave Severance
WSU


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