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Re: Intervals enharmony question
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Jacques Menu Muzhic |
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Re: Intervals enharmony question |
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Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:07:06 +0200 |
Hello Lukas,
Thanks for your answer.
In fact, it not the interval name, but the note such as B double flat that
concerns me currently.
Do I get it right that this is key-independent too for the diminished fifth of
E flat?
JM
> Le 29 avr. 2018 à 18:41, Lukas-Fabian Moser <address@hidden> a écrit :
>
> Jacques,
>
>> Say I’m considering chords with an E flat root.
>>
>> Is is always true that:
>>
>> - the diminished fifth is B double flat
>> - the augmented fifth is B natural
>>
>> - the diminished unisson is E double flat
>> - the augmented unisson is E natural
>>
>> or can this depend on the tonality of the music that contains these Eb based
>> chords, say D major, in which case enharmonic notes should be used instead?
>
> I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly. If your question is
> (regardless of Lilypond) whether interval names are "key-independent" then:
> yes, they are. (There are contexts in historic music, mainly thorough-bass,
> where the figure 5 means "a fifth of whatever size it happens to be in the
> current tonality". But there, the point is that "5" means "fifth", not
> "perfect fifth".)
>
> If your question focuses on which note should be _notated_: well, that's a
> different story (and a matter for the composer to decide, not the engraver).
> It depends heavily on style and origin of the music, the instrument etc. For
> instance, it's quite common to use "wrong" enharmonic spellings for
> transposing woodwinds to get easier notation.
>
> Best
> Lukas
>
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- Intervals enharmony question, Menu Jacques, 2018/04/29
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