At 02:34 PM 11/26/97 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Susie >Ever hear jazz musicians mention a pregnant 13th? > >Ralph Sorry for the delay, Dr. Ralph. Your post seems to have slipped by me. A pregnant 13th -- maybe that's what produced the demented 7th? Susie, RPT, B.Mus., M.Mus., diploma with honours, GB College, what's life without a few initials to prop up your silly name? How else will anyone .... better stop. -------------------------------------------------------------------- >On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:59:39 -0800 (PST) Susan Kline <skline@proaxis.com> >writes: >>At 05:33 PM 11/25/97 -0500, you wrote: >>>Hi Susie >>> >>>Then DESCENDING...it must be a flatted 4th. >>> >>> >>>Just being silly. >>>Ralph >>------------------------------------------------- >>Hiya Ralph! >> >>Nope. Descending, F [down to] to A#: diminished 6th. (an inverted >>weird bird) >> >>Even weirder: >> >>Fb down to A#: doubly diminished 6th. (It'll never fly) >> >>(Ask a silly question ... you get a ....) >>> >>>On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:53:18 -0800 (PST) Susan Kline >><skline@proaxis.com> >>>writes: >>>>Jerry Hunt wrote: >>>>>======================================================================== >>>>>Susan, >>>>>You are technically correct, but then it has been my experience >>that >>>>>piano tuners compromise technical precision (in nomenclature) in >>>>favor >>>>>of brevity. By the same token, you might see a reference to an F-A# >>>>>interval, whereas the technically correct designation is F-B_flat, >>>>this, >>>>>I suspect, partially due to the fact that most of us don't have a >>key >>>>on >>>>>our keyboard for the flat sign, but do have one for the #. >>>>> >>>>>Have a very happy Thanksgiving. >>>>> >>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> >>>>Thanks for answering, Jerry. >>>> >>>>I remember when we first stared studying tuning one day in class I >>>>mentioned >>>>"sharps and flats" and everybody laughed. Apparently for tuners, >>black >>>>notes >>>>are only sharps. How everyone knew this so early in the study >>process >>>>I >>>>can't imagine. >>>> >>>>I only brought it up because some (though not most) of our customers >> >>>>are >>>>musicians, and to some of them "major fourths" sounds illiterate. I >>>>thought >>>>someday someone might avoid the egg-on-face routine, with a customer >> >>>>before >>>>whom they'd rather shine. >>>> >>>>F-A# (ascending) is an augmented third, which is kind of a weird >>bird. >>>>Hope >>>>your turkey is less weird ... a major bird, or a perfect bird, >>>>whichever is >>>>the most correct. <g> >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>> >>>>Susan >>>> >>>>Susan Kline >>>>P.O. Box 1651 >>>>Philomath, OR 97370 >>>>skline@proaxis.com >>>> >>>> >>>>"I know exactly how long it will take me: whatever time is >>available, >>>>plus a >>>>little more." >>>> -- Ashleigh Brilliant >>>> >>---------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Susan Kline >>P.O. Box 1651 >>Philomath, OR 97370 >>skline@proaxis.com >> >> >>"It always takes me longer to finish when I have no idea what I'm >>doing." >> -- Ashleigh Brilliant >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
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