Timeline for Is it correct to refer to a third/fifth/etc even if they're on black keys?
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| Jul 8, 2020 at 1:45 | comment | added | Dom♦ | @Xunie if you have a new question please ask it so it does not get lost in the comments. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 1:23 | comment | added | Xunie | But what about "suspended" n-ths? I hear terms like "suspended n-th" all the time. Does that mean a certain note in a chord is moved up/down a semitone and may end up on black keys? | |
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| Jul 7, 2020 at 6:26 | comment | added | GrandAdagio | Tim Thanks, got it (except for the last sentence). Rosie Thanks. In the case of G minor (or any other minor), I pronounce it as la ti do re mi fa so--not sure if that's how others pronounce it (maybe I'm using fixed do by doing so?). | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 5:48 | comment | added | Rosie F | @seamurmurs You have a correct idea there: your s, t, u, v, w, x, y are do, re, mi, fa, so, la, te. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 5:25 | comment | added | Tim | @seamurmurs - for every major and minor scale, there needs to be one of each letter name. With your G minor, there won't be A and A#. That A# is called Bb. Trying to have two same letters will inevitably mess up any interval calculations. In any case, believe it or not, G>A# is a differently named interval from G>Bb. | |
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| Jul 7, 2020 at 4:06 | comment | added | Dom♦ | While that's the basic idea @seamurmurs, you seem to be making it more complicated than it needs to be and attaching extra concepts like scales and keys that don't need to be included. A# to D# is a 4th in any key (you would not see either in G minor anyway, but that's a different story). Just count up from any letter name to the one you want to go to. It's so much easier to see on the staff as you can visually see the difference between any interval. In fact recognizing intervals is a big part of sight reading. | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 3:55 | comment | added | GrandAdagio | Would it be correct to say: For a given key signature and scale----for convenience, let's call the scale "s, t, u, v, w, x, y" (where, for example, in the case of C major, s=C, t=D, u=E, v=F, w=G, x=A, y=B; in the case of G minor, s=G, t=A, u=A#, v=C, w=D, x=D#, y=F)----s to t is 2nd, s to u is 3rd, .... s to y is 7th? (e.g. In G minor, G to D# is sixth)? Do we only speak of 2nd, 3rd, etc. relative to the very first note in the scale, or can we also say A# to D# is fourth in G minor? | |
| Jul 6, 2020 at 22:07 | history | edited | Dom♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2020 at 22:01 | history | answered | Dom♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |