<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gordon,, obviously the correct term = would be "three <EM>contiguous</EM> major thirds"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gholley@hi-techhousing.com href="mailto:gholley@hi-techhousing.com">Gordon Holley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 10, 2003 = 1:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Major and Minor = Thirds in an Octave</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Phil.  <BR>You suggest that there are only three = major thirds in an octave and <BR>four minor thirds in an octave.  What = are you naming as the three <BR>major thirds and four minor thirds?<BR><BR>I = might not be on the same page with you on this but I would name <BR>nine (9) = major thirds; i.e.<BR>C E, C#  F, D F#, D# G, E G#, F A, F# A#, G B, G# = C.<BR>Any comments on this?<BR>Gordon Holley<BR>Associate Member, = Indiana Chapter 467<BR>Goshen, Indiana<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>