On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net>wrote:
> 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.
>
Well its thanks to this strange germanism that Bach could use B-A-C-H as a
theme in art of fugue. So no complaints from me :-)
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