On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 22:51 +0530, Rustom Mody wrote: > The pythagorean comma is (by definition??) the gap between B# and C > where by B# means the 12th in a circle of perfect fifths starting at > C. OT, just a little joke: In Germany we don't have a B# for what key ever. c#/db d#/eb f#/gb g#/ab a#/b (not hb or bb) c d e f g a h So a b# would be a h#? Somebody mentioned that understanding this theory does include to know the history. I agree. For people who just want to note guitar chords, ignoring any theory regarding to keys, in Germany it's safe to name h = h, but to name the German b anyway bb or a#. The names of the notes are squishy, nobody can see if written chord names are written "in German" or not, as long as there's only a "B" but no "H". Btw. "a" means "Am"?! There are different writings, large and small letters, signs for same chords. I suspect notation needs a disclaimer. We have similar issues for guitar tabs, you'll find tons of dropped-D tuning tabs where the name of the strings aren't added and there's no hint that it's a dropped-D tuning. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
