theory

Michael Jorgensen Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu
Fri, 01 Jun 2001 11:16:49 +0000


Hi Dave,
     You could be right, but somehow a piano advertised with "genuine ebony flats" just doen't sound as nice as one with "genuine ebony sharps."

-Mike
Be a positive thinker, think sharp!



"David M. Porritt" wrote:

> Gang:
>
> I have a theory that black keys were always called sharps for the simple reason that on typewriters there is no flat key.  We could write F# easily, but G-flat had to be written out.
>
> dave
>



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