Friends: I used to teach music theory on a very elementary level, so I don't remember ever talking about 15ths, but I'm inclined to believe it is a double octave. Consider the following, based on the C scale: C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C unison 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th octave 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Clyde Hollinger, RPT Joe & Penny Goss wrote: > > David, > How do you come up with a 15th being a double octave? > My thinking was that a 16 was a double octave. 1-2-4-8-16-etc > Joe Goss > ---------- > > From: David Porritt <dporritt@swbell.net> > > To: pianotech@ptg.org > > Subject: Re: Octave Stretch in other Lands > > Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 8:19 AM > > > > Newton: > > > > A 15th is a double octave! > > > > dave > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > > Meadows School of the Arts > > Southern Methodist University > > Dallas, Texas > > mailto:dporritt@swbell.net > > _______________________________________________ > > > >
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