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controversial "trivia" question.

#22
Originally posted by moley
Well sure, I'd be surprised to see it too! But, that doesn't answer the question! What would the damn be thing called? :D
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I think it would be called a double augmented third. Personally, I'd call it an idiotic anal enharmonic spelling. :) But no matter what you call it, it's still a tritone.
 
#23
Originally posted by Chris Fitzgerald
I think it would be called a double augmented third. Personally, I'd call it an idiotic anal enharmonic spelling. But no matter what you call it, it's still a tritone.
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Aha, so it is double augmented 3rd. I suspected as much. I realise, it is a stupid silly spelling, I was never intending to actually use it, but it just occurred to me as I was writing an earlier post that I wasn't sure what it would be called... now, at last I can sleep at night :D j/k
 
#25
You can augment any of them. There are basically 2 categories of intervals:

Root/octave, 4th, 5th

2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th

Those in the first category can either be perfect, diminished, or augmented. Augmented is widened by a semitone, diminished is made smaller by a semitone. Thus, C to F is a perfect 4th, C to F# is an augmented 4th, and C to Fb is a diminished 4th. Likewise, C to G is a perfect 5th, C to Gb is a diminished 5th, etc. etc. you get the idea.

Now, the other category, all of those are either major, minor, diminished or augmented. Augmented means the major interval widened by a semitone, diminished means the minor interval made smaller by a semitone. So, for example, C to E is a major 3rd, and therefore C to E# is an augmented 3rd. C to Eb is a minor 3rd, therefore C to Ebb (E double flat) is a diminished 3rd. Note that Ebb is the same pitch as D, so a diminished 3rd sounds the same as a major 2nd. But, because it's C to Ebb, not C to D, it is a diminished third.
 
#26
Originally posted by moley
You can augment any of them. There are basically 2 categories of intervals:

Root/octave, 4th, 5th

2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th

Those in the first category can either be perfect, diminished, or augmented. Augmented is widened by a semitone, diminished is made smaller by a semitone. Thus, C to F is a perfect 4th, C to F# is an augmented 4th, and C to Fb is a diminished 4th. Likewise, C to G is a perfect 5th, C to Gb is a diminished 5th, etc. etc. you get the idea.
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you can augment or diminish a root?
 
#28
Originally posted by Chris Fitzgerald



Sure. I can't tell you WHY you'd ever want to do that, but it certainly can be done.
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i remember, way back when, when i wrote out the modes of harmonic major ("extremely useless!" says pacman. i'd agree), i came across one particular mode that was essentially a natural minor but with a "diminished 1."

so i guess it would be proper to call that mode "aeolian diminished 1."

of course, i wouldn't know why i'd ever want to play it, but i suppose it is a valid example of an application of that thought.


[ps-chris, that's the best fake name i've been given yet! hell yeah!]
 

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