DO MI

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Is a major third going up, a minor sixth going down.

[MercutioATC]

1. Wow! OBSCURE copycat...

My hat's off.

:applause:

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2. Thanks!

Obscure is my middle name!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. Pardon my musical ignorance, but

how can that be?
:shrug:

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4. What do you mean?

[Zuni]

7. I think I have this covered

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. I mean how can it be a different chord going

up than down?

Did I mention my musical ignorance?

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14. No, it's not a different chord - just that the notes are further away

going down than they are going up, so the interval is different.

Think of it like a clock face - from the 1 to the 3 going clockwise is a step of 2; to go from 1 to 3 counterclockwise is a step of 10.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

15. Sorry, lost me completely there

10? you mean 9, right?

still ... huh... I will have to think about this

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16. Here, try this:

Here are two c major scales:

c d e f g a b c1 d1 e1 f1 g1 a1 b1 c2

Do is the first note of a scale, and mi is the third note (do re mi fa sol la ti do).

So, DO to MI is from c to e -- c d e -- (in this scale), which is a third (since the first note counts as 1), and in this case, for reasons I won't go into, it's a major interval.

But let's go backwards, MI to DO, using c1 to e - note now that we're going backwards. Count the steps, and you get six -- e f g a b c1 -- (remembering that the first note counts as one step already). In this case, for reasons I won't go into, it's a minor interval.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

17. Okay, that makes sense now

Sorry to be so dense, but for some reason music theory has always baffled me.
Physics, I can handle.
Odd, huh?

Thank you for your patience.

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18. You're welcome!

I'm glad it's making more sense now.

And then there's the system for determining whether something is major or minor...but we won't get into that.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. I think that is quite enough for today

thank you.

[Zuni]

6. ok

In the key of A, C# is the major third

In the key of C#, A is the minor 6th

it works the same for any Key

In the Key of C, E is the major 3rd

In the Key of E, C is the minor 6th

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10. Yes, the inverse of a major third is always a minor sixth

and vice versa

[wtmusic]

5. do re me le sol

*big ass major triad*

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8. Well, not quite

Triads only have three notes.

Do mi sol is a nice major triad; but the addition of re and la make it something quite other, especially the way you spelled it out, with sol way up top, and do re mi right at the bottom.

[wtmusic]

11. nah

I was doing the opening of "Mathis der Mahler"

Don't know what came over me

[LynzM]

9. SO DO SO MI DO....

:)

[louis-t]

13. Thanks for the refresher

Music major here, way back in '75.

[no name no slogan]

19. almost the name of a Hawkwind LP, too

Doremi Fasol Latido


but not many people would know that!