Re: Three questions about good German usage?

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Samstag, 1. März 2008 schrieb Trevor Bača:
> 1. Are "natürlichen Flageolettönen" and "künstlichen Flageolettönen" the
> correct terms for natural and artificial harmonics?

Yes, see Wikipedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flageolettton

Also note that the correct German version of harmonics is "Flageolett" (with 
double t), as defined by the Duden (which is the dictionary defining the 
German language). 
http://www.duden.de/suche/index.php?begriff=flageolet&bereich=mixed

Thus, Flageoletttöne should have three t's.

Also, please use the correct nominativ case:
- -) natürlicher Flageoletton (Sing.) / natürliche Flageolettöne (Plural)
- -) künstlicher Flageoletton (Sing.) / künstliche Flageolettöne (Plural)

> 3. How does German translate the interval of a twelth? Say < c' g'' >?
> "Duodezime"?

Yes, that's the correct term. However, it's also possible (and I suppose more 
common) to leave out the "e" at the end: Doudezim.

Again, duden.de allows both versions of the intervalls, with and without 
ending "e" (does not contain Duodezime, but e.g. 'Quint':
http://www.duden.de/suche/index.php?begriff=Quint&bereich=mixed 


References:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonintervall (They use the ending "e")
http://www.musiklehre.at/7_001.htm (A book on music theory, not using the 
ending "e")

Cheers,
Reinhold

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