In a message dated 11/08/1999 9:16:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, harvey@greenwood.net writes: << She had just been watching the 'Who wants to be a millionaire" program, and this was one of the questions. The contestant answered "Eight"... bzzzt. The "correct" response was that there are twelve half-tones in an octave, and SIX whole tones. Yup! like: C to D, D to E, E to F#, F# to G#, G# to A#, A# to B# (enharmonic C natural) I had to think about it. My first response was eight too Gordon Large, RPT Bachelor of Music (but that was about 1000 years ago)
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