Major 4ths & 5ths

David Severance severanc@mail.wsu.edu
Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:38:41 -0800


You're right of course.  Just trying to think of a minor scale that had a 
second that wasn't found in a major scale.  So is a diminished second a 
perfect unison?


At 10:44 AM 2/10/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Major/minor intervals are:  2nds, 3rds, 6ths and 7th
>Perfect intervals are: 4ths,5ths, octaves and unisons.
>Any interval can be aug. or dim.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Severance" <severanc@mail.wsu.edu>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:31 AM
>Subject: Re: Major 4ths & 5ths
>
>
> > 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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